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Kiké Hernández’s ninth-inning homer lifts Los Angeles Dodgers over Giants

Hernández broke a 3–3 tie with a leadoff home run in the ninth, and the Dodgers held on for a 4–3 win in San Francisco.

Image credit: All-Pro Reels / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 2.0; archival May 2018 photograph of Hernández with the Dodgers, not the September 26 game

Kiké Hernández hit a go-ahead home run to open the ninth inning as the Los Angeles Dodgers defeated the San Francisco Giants 4–3 on September 26, the Associated Press reported through NBC Los Angeles. Hernández connected against Trent Harris after the Giants had tied the game in the eighth, giving the utility player his fourth homer of the season.

What it means locally

Mookie Betts hit a two-out solo home run in the third inning for the Dodgers’ first hit. Miguel Rojas and Tommy Edman followed with RBI singles in the fourth and fifth before Bo Davidson’s sacrifice fly tied the game for San Francisco. Tanner Scott worked the ninth for his 25th save, and the Dodgers improved their major-league-best road record to 48–32. Blake Snell allowed one run on five hits over four innings in his final tune-up before the postseason.

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