LOS ANGELES — The tip of the cap was more than proverbial, it was an honest-to-goodness pinch of the bill between fingers, then raised high toward the sky, complete with a grin.

Dave Roberts is not above expressing emotion, but generally keeps his excitement in check, especially in the first inning of a game in August.

And yet on Saturday night, he saluted Michael Conforto from the dugout railing following a two-run single that opened the door toward a 6-0 victory on Saturday . It was the Dodgers’ only hit over the first three innings, and yet they still scored five runs in the span.

Conforto revealed a recent heart-to-heart conversation with Roberts about moving away from the search to amass season statistics, which showed a .193 batting average and a .633 OPS heading into play Sunda

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