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Dodgers: Kiké Hernandez homers immediately after FOX jinxes Braves

Adam Weinrib
Adam Weinrib

Dodgers Way

ARLINGTON, TEXAS - OCTOBER 12: Enrique Hernandez #14 of the Los Angeles Dodgers celebrates a solo home run against the Atlanta Braves with teammate Chris Taylor #3 during the fifth inning in Game One of the National League Championship Series at Globe Life Field on October 12, 2020 in Arlington, Texas. (Photo by Ronald Martinez/Getty Images)

Dodgers outfielder Kiké Hernandez drilled a home run immediately after the Fox broadcaster went nuts for the Braves’ scoreless streak.

The Los Angeles Dodgers had plenty of trouble with Southern California’s own Max Fried on Monday night in Game 1 of the NLDS, but luckily, the extremely clutch Kiké Hernandez came to the rescue in the middle innings.

In fact, basically no one has hit the Braves this postseason; their team ERA is surprisingly comparable to the Reds of the 1940s. We’re talking dented baseballs and emery boards. People don’t pitch this well.

Which means Joe Buck and John Smoltz on the FOX broadcast should’ve known exactly what was coming the second they extolled the virtues of Atlanta’s staff live on air.

Why, just about no one has hit the Braves during this past two-week stretch. No one at all! Now, time to look at the field of play and assume no one homer–oh, my, there goes Kiké.

Streaks are meant to be broken!

This rough-and-tumble series has, of course, opened with a pitchers’ duel featuring some of the most fearsome fastballs in the west on one side (Buehler to Graterol to Dustin May) and an all-time bender in the other dugout (Fried really is nasty, we get it now).

Though the Dodgers weren’t really up to the challenge of posting offense early and often in this one, they certainly appreciated FOX’s attempt to get the bats going a little bit during a league-wide scoring drought.

Kiké Hernandez, who always seems to be in the mix once the postseason rolls around, certainly did.

This wasn’t quite the three-homer game at Wrigley, but if the LAD manage to rally against Atlanta’s bullpen, it could be just as impactful.

Now, for the remainder of this tight ballgame, can somebody hold us, please?

Adam Weinrib

Adam Weinrib

Adam Weinrib is a Content Director on the FanSided network, and has been the co-editor at Yanks Go Yard and Dodgers Way for 4 years. He also co-hosts The Baseball Insiders Podcast twice weekly, alongside FanSided MLB insider Robert Murray, as well as the Yanks Go Yard Podcast. Previously, he was a Senior Editor at 12up.com, and has been covering MLB and NFL for eight years. Previously, he was a headline and features contributor at ClickHole and Onion Sports, as well as the Associate Producer of the ESPN 30 for 30 film "Believeland". An avowed fan of the New York sports teams -- specifically the Yankees -- as well as the North Carolina Tar Heels, you can find Adam complaining mid-game on Twitter, as well as on Facebook, Instagram, and LinkedIn if the game goes really poorly.