The Dodgers would never label this season a youth movement. But it has become one – luckily for them.
Rookie shortstop Corey Seager hit three home runs and combined with Trayce Thompson to produce all of the Dodgers offense in a 4-2 victory over the Atlanta Braves Friday night.
Seager is the first Dodgers rookie to hit three home runs in a game since Don Demeter did it at the Coliseum on April 21, 1959. According to Elias Sports Bureau, the 22-year-old Seager is the sixth-youngest player in MLB history to have a three-homer game.
“It was one of those nights where it doesn’t matter what he was throwing, it felt like it was on a tee,” Seager said.