LOS ANGELES -- Yasiel Puig finally slugged his first home run of the year on Sunday, a solo shot to left field off Luis Castillo in the bottom of the third inning to cut Cincinnati's lead over the Dodgers to 2-1.
Earlier this week in a Yahoo.com article, Puig said his mother asked him to hit a home run for her on Mother's Day.
Puig, who hit 28 home runs last year, is off to a slow start in 2018. He entered Sunday's play batting .