Teoscar Hernández was forced to depart the game early on Wednesday, as he came up hobbling trying to beat a ground ball in the bottom of the second inning against the Colorado Rockies. The Dodgers announced that Hernández suffered a left hamstring strain.
Hernández was slow to walk off the field and was seen on the SportsNet LA broadcast smashing his helmet against the helmet cubby in the dugout. He was replaced by Hyeseong Kim in left field to begin the top of the third inning.
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After miring in a month-long homerless drought, Hernández was one of the driving forces behind the Dodgers’ 7-2 road trip, as he smashed three home runs and drove in 13 runs in the nine games against the Angels, Padres and Brewers. Hernández had a hit in each of the first two games against the Rockies, and he finishes the series with a .250 average over the three games.
Hernández joins Kiké Hernández as another Dodger to exit the game early against Colorado, as the utility man suffered a left oblique strain during batting practice on Monday and left after the fourth inning on Tuesday. Alex Freeland was called up from Triple-A Oklahoma City with Hernández landing back on the injured list.
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