To the naked eye, one might have thought that Teoscar Hernández's bat traveled nearly as far as the long ball that sent the Dodger Stadium faithful into a frenzy that had been building all night long. It took one swing for Hernández to flip Friday night's game on its head, hitting a go-ahead grand slam in the seventh inning that propelled the Dodgers to a second straight comeback victory, 4-3, over the Padres at Dodger Stadium. Statcast projected that the home run -- Hernández's first since he returned from a month-long IL stint for a strained left hamstring on Monday -- traveled 419 feet. Of course, there was no data available for the bat that Hernández slung toward the home dugout as he watched the ball fly. "It's just a little bit of everything," Hernández said, of the emotion that accompanied his reaction. "I'm just trying to find the same swing that I had before I got hurt. And at the same time, just do something for the team. It happened to be a big swing." If there's one thing these Dodgers have shown during this weekend's series against the Padres, it's that they should never be counted out. Not when they trailed by six runs after two innings on Thursday, and certainly not when they managed just three baserunners through six innings on Friday. The pair of comeback victories have extended the Dodgers' lead in the NL West to a season-high 14 games. "For us, we're just stacking wins," manager Dave Roberts said. "Certainly, \[the Padres\
How the bets landed
Moneyline favoriteLAD -263 · 70% to win
Won
Run LineLAD -1.5
SDP covered
TotalO/U 8 · 7 scored
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