The Los Angeles Dodgers just beat the Cincinnati Reds 6-3 on Monday, September 7, and while that score looks pretty normal on paper, what actually happened on the field was anything but. Get this: the Dodgers somehow racked up six runs with just three hits! That’s not a typo, folks. It’s the kind of wild, chaotic baseball that makes you want to smash your remote, or jump for joy depending on which dugout you’re looking at.
Teoscar Hernández: The One-Man Wrecking Crew
So how did the Dodgers pull off this statistical anomaly? A huge chunk of it came courtesy of veteran slugger Teoscar Hernández. He absolutely blasted a three-run homer that blew the game wide open, proving he’s back healthy and swinging like his old self. Hernández wasn’t done there, though. He also singled and scored in the fifth inning, giving him two of the Dodgers’ measly three hits for the entire game. The dude is on fire, hitting .448 with 11 RBI over his last eight games, including driving in runs in each of the last five. When your team barely gets any hits, you need guys like that to make every swing count, and Hernández is absolutely delivering.
This Is More Rare Than Rain In LA
Scoring six runs on just three hits? Yeah, that doesn’t happen often. In fact, it has only happened 29 times in modern major league history. The Dodgers have now done it twice, which is pretty wild on its own. Their only other time was back on May 7, 2022, when Mookie Betts put on a show against the Chicago Cubs. But here’s where it gets good for us Emerald City faithful: guess who pulled off a similar feat even more recently than that first Dodgers game? Our very own Seattle Mariners! On April 22, 2021, the M’s scored seven runs on three hits in a ten-inning win at Fenway Park. So while the Dodgers are making headlines for this rare statistical quirk, we know our Mariners beat them to the punch with an even bigger rally with so few hits. The fewest hits for six runs was just one, all the way back in 1909 thanks to 11 walks against Dolly Gray. Against the Reds, the Dodgers walked six times and were hit by a pitch, with an error accounting for two of their runs. It’s baseball at its most bizarre and beautiful.
What will Tuesday bring for the Dodgers? Who knows! But if it’s anything like the last two nights at Dodger Stadium, where they had actual rain on Sunday and this wild scoring on Monday, we’re in for a treat.
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Originally reported by True Blue LA.
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