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Kiké Hernández hits tiebreaking home run leading off 9th to lift Dodgers over Giants 4-3

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Mccauley, J. (2026, September 26). Kiké Hernández hits tiebreaking home run leading off 9th to lift Dodgers over Giants 4-3. Toronto Star. https://www.thestar.com/sports/baseball/kik-hern-ndez-hits-tiebreaking-home-run-leading-off-9th-to-lift-dodgers-over-giants-4-3/article_5818f919-e8d9-55d3-b871-c2365e6185a5.html

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In a critical game at Oracle Park, Kiké Hernández hit a tiebreaking home run leading off the ninth inning to help the Los Angeles Dodgers defeat the San Francisco Giants 4-3 on Saturday. The sellout crowd of 40,124 witnessed Mookie Betts’s earlier solo homer in the third inning as well. Despite Davidson’s tying sacrifice fly for the Giants in the eighth, Hernández secured the victory with his fourth home run of the season. This win improved the Dodgers' road record to a major league-best 48-32 and extended the Giants’ losing streak against their rivals to seven games.

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On Saturday, Kiké Hernández hit a tiebreaking home run leading off the ninth inning, helping the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the San Francisco Giants 4-3 at Oracle Park in San Francisco. The large contingent of Dodger fans present for the sellout crowd of 40,124 celebrated Mookie Betts' earlier home run in the third inning that sent them into a frenzy. Despite a late game-tying sacrifice fly by Bo Davidson in the eighth, Hernández's solo shot secured the win for the Dodgers. Tanner Scott earned his 25th save by closing out the game, marking a second straight outing doing so. The Giants' loss extended their losing streak to four games and marked their seventh defeat in eight overall and seventh against the rival Dodgers this year, after they had won four of five earlier in the season.

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SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Kiké Hernández hit a tiebreaking home run leading off the ninth inning, Mookie Betts also homered and the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the San Francisco Giants 4-3 on Saturday. asserted

Dodgers → hit → Saturday

Bo Davidson hit a tying sacrifice fly off Evan Phillips (3-2) with two outs in the eighth for San Francisco before Hernández answered against Trent Harris (0-1) for his fourth homer. asserted

Hernández → hit → homer

Tanner Scott closed out a second straight game, earning his 25th save. asserted

Scott → close → save

Betts homered with two outs in the third inning for his team’s first hit before Miguel Rojas and Tommy Edman added RBI singles the next two innings. asserted

Rojas → homer → singles

Betts’ blast to the bleachers in left-center sent the large contingent of Dodgers fans in the sellout crowd of 40,124 at Oracle Park into a frenzy on a beautiful sunny afternoon in the Bay Area. asserted

blast → send → Area

Shohei Ohtani, playing for a fourth straight day following a 13-game absence with right biceps discomfort, went 1 for 5 with two strikeouts after an 0-for-4 showing with three Ks on Friday night. asserted

Ohtani → play → night

When Camilo Doval pitched the seventh for San Francisco, he became the 71st player used by the club this season — matching Atlanta’s MLB record set last year. asserted

he → pitch → record

Los Angeles left-hander Blake Snell struck out three and didn’t walk a batter, allowing one run on five hits over four innings in his final playoff tune-up. The Giants lost their fourth straight, seventh of eight and seventh in a row to the rival Dodgers after taking four of five in the series to start the year. asserted

Giants → strike → year

Los Angeles earned its 14th shutout of the season in a 2-0 win Friday, then manager Dave Roberts rested first baseman Freddie Freeman and gave Hernández a start. asserted

Roberts → earn → start

The Dodgers improved their majors-best road record to 48-32. asserted

Dodgers → improve → 48

Up next Neither team had announced its starter for Sunday’s regular-season finale, when beloved Giants broadcaster Mike Krukow will be celebrated before he retires from the booth after nearly four decades. asserted

he → announce → decades

Kiké Hernández hits tiebreaking home run leading off 9th to lift Dodgers over Giants 4-3

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