Down to his final strike with two outs against All-Star Josh Hader, Hernandez lined a three-run homer over the left field wall to lift the Los Angeles Dodgers over the Milwaukee Brewers 5-3 on Friday night. Prior to Hernandez’s long ball, batters were 0 for 10 with nine strikeouts when faced with 0-2 counts against Hader this season. Five Dodgers relievers combined to limit Milwaukee to one run over the final 4 1/3 innings. After Hernandez’s homer put Los Angeles ahead, Eric Thames hit a solo shot off Joe Kelly in the bottom of the eighth to pull the Brewers to 5-3. Brewers: Cain was hit by a pitch in the upper left arm, but he remained in the game.

Source: National Post April 20, 2019 04:18 UTC