LOS ANGELES -- Teoscar Hernández unloaded on a hanging slider from Reds starter Hunter Greene. He held his bat as the ball flew into the night sky, taking a second to admire it. The Dodger Stadium crowd cheered so loudly that parts of the ballpark shook, and Hernández flung his bat into the air as he took off toward first base for his first home run of the 2025 postseason.

As he rounded first, Hernández felt one thing.

"Excited,” he said of his three-run shot. “It’s great, especially in the moment, with the team ahead because Shohei was hitting his homer in the first inning. But it’s great to have those moments and win games.”

Two pitches later, Tommy Edman also went deep, turning on an inside slider from Greene to give the Dodgers a commanding five-run lead over the Reds in the thi

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