Teoscar Hernández drove in three runs, including a game-winning single in the 10th inning, as the Los Angeles Dodgers won 6-5 against the Pittsburgh Pirates on Sunday. This loss was the Pirates’ seventh consecutive defeat, their highest of the season.
“When (the moment) gets hot, with runners in scoring position, Teo’s heartbeat doesn’t rise,” Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said. “It just looks like he embraces hitting in those spots he shortens up his swing, makes contact and that’s why he’s driven in close to 80 runs already.”
In the 10th inning, Kiké Hernández hit a game-tying double, then scored on Teoscar Hernández’s single. Kiké Hernández had three hits in the game. Right-hander Evan Phillips (3-0) gave up an unearned run in the 10th but earned the win.
Bryan Reynolds gave the Pirates a 5-4 lead in the 10th inning with a one-out RBI single to center.
“I just try to not overthink it, not trying to over-swing or anything like that,” Teoscar Hernández said. “Just trying to stay patient, be calm and just get a good pitch and put it in play.
In situations like that with two outs, I don’t have to do a double or homer or anything like that. With a hit, we can win a ball game.”
Dodgers right-hander Tyler Glasnow allowed two runs on five hits over seven innings against his former team. Pittsburgh drafted Glasnow in the fifth round in 2011 and brought him to the major leagues in 2016.
Andrew McCutchen hit two home runs in his return to the leadoff spot for the Pirates after missing three games due to knee soreness. Left-hander Bailey Falter gave up four runs on seven hits over four innings in his first career start at Dodger Stadium.
McCutchen said his knee was at about 70%.
“Seventy percent is better than zero percent so if I can swing the bat, I’m gonna swing it,” McCutchen said. “If I can’t run I can’t run, but my job is to hit, to DH. … Just keep the line moving, get the next guy up and that’s what I’m gonna do.”
Pirates right-hander David Bednar (3-5) took the loss in his second inning of work. Bednar has given up runs in five consecutive outings and has a loss and two blown saves in his last three appearances.
