LOS ANGELES — Addison Barger had barely had the chance to congratulate Davis Schneider when he heard his teammates screaming once again.

It was a few minutes after 5 p.m. PT at a sold-out Dodger Stadium, and Blake Snell had thrown all of three pitches. The first, a 97 m.p.h. fastball, cleared the left field wall for a solo home run by Davis Schneider. Vladimir Guerrero Jr. took the second for a strike. And the third pitch, another fastball, ended up in the Dodgers’ left field bullpen.

In the visiting dugout, Barger deduced what the screams must mean.

“I didn’t really see Vladdy’s homer,” recalled Barger. “I heard everybody scream and I was like, ‘Oh shoot another one.’ But by the time Vladdy got in, I think we were all sick of high-fiving guys because we just got done with Davis. So we

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