Teoscar Hernández continues his resurgent season, edging Bobby Witt Jr. to become the first Dodgers player to ever win the MLB Home Run Derby.
Teoscar Hernández’s resurgent season with the Dodgers has been defined by the dramatics. The veteran slugger’s first career appearance in the Home Run Derby was no different. After advancing through each of the first two stages of Monday’s competition by just one home run, Hernández became the first Dodgers player in the event’s 40-year history to win, outslugging Kansas City Royals star Bobby Witt Jr.
After another slow start to a semi-final matchup against Alec Bohm of the Philadelphia Phillies, Hernández went on a tear. He swatted seven big flies in a nine-swing sequence to reach 13 homers. He added a crucial 14th dinger in the bonus period, doing just enough to force a swing-off against Bohm, who had 14 homers in his timed period but came up empty on all three of his bonus swing attempts — including one that died at the warning track.
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