PHILADELPHIA -- Teoscar Hernández knew immediately how well he connected on Matt Strahm’s fastball. He knew it was going to be either a double or a home run.

“Thank God, it went out of the park,” he said in Spanish. “And we were able to take the lead in the game.”

Hernández’s three-run shot to right-center field pushed the Dodgers ahead of the Phillies by two runs in the top of the seventh, a lead they would hold onto in their 5-3 win at Citizens Bank Park on Saturday, taking Game 1 of the NLDS .

It was another big moment this postseason for Hernández, who knocked his third long ball this October. It was also the fifth go-ahead homer in the seventh inning or later while the Dodgers were trailing in franchise postseason history, joining an exclusive club with Freddie Freeman (2024

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