The Dodgers entered Saturday night’s game against the Pittsburgh Pirates on a three-game losing streak with hits and runs increasingly difficult to muster.
Home runs, however, are a different matter, especially when they come from batters named Hernández.
A blast by Teoscar Hernández to begin the eighth inning put the Dodgers ahead and a pinch-hit, three-run shot by Kiké Hernández later in the inning were the difference in a 8-4 victory at a sold-out Dodger Stadium.
How bad had it become? The Dodgers came in batting .230 — 21st in baseball — with a subpar with a .