Last year, Teoscar Hernández could barely bat his weight in his home ballpark.
In two games at Dodger Stadium this season, the 2021 All-Star and two-time Silver Slugger looks much more comfortable in his new surroundings.
An often overlooked addition in the Dodgers’ billion-dollar offseason, Hernández introduced himself to Chavez Ravine on Friday night with a bang — two of them, actually — hitting a pair of home runs in the second and fourth innings of the team’s 6-3 win over the St. Louis Cardinals.
Hernández wasn’t the biggest driver behind the victory, not after second-year right-hander Bobby Miller cruised through six shutout innings with a career-high 11 strikeouts.