Oct 4, 2025; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA; Los Angeles Dodgers first baseman Enrique Hernandez (8) hits a two RBI double in opposition to the Philadelphia Phillies within the sixth inning throughout sport one of many NLDS spherical for the 2025 MLB playoffs at Residents Financial institution Park. Necessary Credit score: Invoice Streicher-Imagn Photos There is no doubt the Los Angeles Dodgers like seeing somebody with Hernandez stitched throughout the again of the jersey strolling as much as the plate within the postseason.
Two swings of the bat by two gamers named Hernandez offered all of Los Angeles’ runs in Sport 1, and now the Dodgers will look to take a 2-0 lead of their best-of-five Nationwide League Division Sequence after they go to the Philadelphia Phillies on Monday night.
Enrique Hernandez hit a two-run double on Saturday, and Teoscar Hernandez hit the go-ahead three-run homer for Los Angeles in a 5-3 victory.
Teoscar Hernandez made a misplay within the outfield earlier within the contest to gasoline Philadelphia’s three-run second inning. He was blissful to make amends together with his blast off Phillies left-hander Matt Strahm within the seventh.
“On the finish of the day, for me, something that occurred earlier than an enormous second like that, it is up to now,” Teoscar Hernandez mentioned. “I attempt to put it within the trash and simply give attention to the issues that I have to do in that at-bat and particularly in place on protection and simply attempting to assist my workforce.”
Teoscar Hernandez is 5-for-14 with three homers and 9 RBIs in three video games this postseason. He has six homers and 21 RBIs in 19 postseason video games with Los Angeles.
Enrique Hernandez, in the meantime, delivered his key double with two outs within the sixth inning to get the Dodgers on the board. He’s 5-for-12 with three runs and three RBIs this postseason.
Enrique Hernandez has a repute of upping his stage of play when it counts most. He is batted .285 with 15 homers and 38 RBIs in 89 profession postseason contests.
“I believe that is relevant to each postseason,” Dodgers supervisor Dave Roberts mentioned of Enrique Hernandez’s postseason exploits. “I imply, the numbers do not lie. Within the postseason, he simply performs. … As soon as the postseason hits, he simply ratchets it up a pair different ranges.”
Los Angeles will ship Blake Snell (5-4, 2.35 ERA) to the mound on Monday. The Phillies will counter with fellow left-hander Jesus Luzardo (15-7, 3.92).
Philadelphia is aware of it might’t afford a second straight residence loss. However the Phillies aren’t going to panic.
“We have simply bought to mud it off. It is a five-game sequence,” mentioned catcher J.T. Realmuto, who delivered a two-run triple on a play during which Teoscar Hernandez did not scoot over swiftly sufficient to maintain a single from rolling to the wall. “There’s nonetheless loads of alternative for us to exit and play good baseball.”
The highest three batters within the Phillies’ order — Trea Turner, Kyle Schwarber and Bryce Harper — have been a mixed 1-for-11 with six strikeouts in Sport 1. Schwarber fanned in three of his 4 at-bats.
“It is only one sport,” Schwarber mentioned. “That is the postseason. That is about the entire workforce. And now it is about Monday, you are again to grinding and feeling like you are going to put collectively aggressive at-bats for the workforce.”
Philadelphia outfielder Harrison Bader (groin) left Sport 1 and underwent imaging on Sunday. Phillies supervisor Rob Thomson mentioned there was “no main tear or pressure” and that the membership will study Bader’s enjoying standing on Monday.
Luzardo and Snell squared off in Los Angeles on Sept. 17, and the Dodgers received 5-0. Snell gave up two hits and struck out 12 in seven innings, whereas Luzardo gave up 4 runs and 6 hits in seven-plus innings. Freddie Freeman and Shohei Ohtani homered off Luzardo.
Luzardo, 28, is 0-2 with a 6.14 ERA in 4 profession postseason appearances (three begins). This will likely be his first playoff outing with Philadelphia. He was 1-1 with a 2.57 ERA in two begins in opposition to Los Angeles throughout the common season. General, he’s 1-1 with a 3.12 ERA in six profession appearances (5 begins) in opposition to the Dodgers.
Snell, 32, is 5-3 with a 3.23 ERA in 13 postseason appearances (11 begins). He defeated the Cincinnati Reds within the wild-card spherical when he allowed two runs and 4 hits over seven innings in Los Angeles’ 10-5 victory.
Snell is 1-3 with a 3.41 ERA in seven profession outings (all begins) in opposition to Philadelphia.
Roberts mentioned the supply of Dodgers catcher Will Smith, who’s recovering from a fractured proper hand, will likely be decided Monday.
–Area Stage Media
