If there has been one player who has envied and thrived in the most opportune situations for the Dodgers this season, it has been Teoscar Hernández.

From his three-run go-ahead home run against the Colorado Rockies in June to his go-ahead two-run single in the fourth inning of Game 1 of the NLDS, Hernández has come in clutch for the Dodgers as they needed him. to produce the most. This trend continued on Tuesday, when Hernández launched a towering grand slam to center field to cut the Dodgers’ deficit to just one point (unfortunately to no avail).

Hernández spoke with FOX Sports’ Ken Rosenthal to discuss his grand slam, noting his team’s uprising upon returning to the game.

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This current NLDS between the Dodgers and San Diego Padres has brought out heightened emotions on and off the field. Most notably, in Game 2, fans began throwing baseballs and beer cans onto the field, directly at San Diego’s outfielders and into the Padres bullpen. Also in Game 2, there was an incident where Dave Roberts took offense to Manny Machado throwing a ball toward the Dodgers dugout.

Chris Taylor, now part of his third division series against San Diego, discussed the energy with which the Padres have played the first three games, indicating the need to match their energy, according to Jack Harris of the Los Angeles Times.

“Every time we play these guys, they always have high intensity and high energy,” Taylor said of the San Diego Padres, relaying the message of his speech to a reporter a day later. So he implored the club: “We have to match that.”

Walker Buehler suffered the loss in Game 3 against San Diego on Tuesday, while earlier that day he was the victim of a robbery at Santa Anita Park in Arcadia. The Associated Press’ Jaimie Ding has more details about the incident.