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Giants devastate Dodgers with inside-the-park home run

California Post·Evan Webeck·6 months ago
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It’s one of the most exciting plays in baseball.

And it was devastating for the Dodgers.

What looked like a bloop hit that landed on the warning track down the left-field line morphed into an inside-the-park home run that left Teoscar Hernandez giving chase as the ball off Jung Hoo Lee’s bat careened away from him in the left-field corner.

San Francisco Giants right fielder Jung Hoo Lee (51) hits a two run home run against the Los Angeles Dodgers in the fifth inning at Dodger Stadium. Kirby Lee-Imagn Images

The Giants outfielder dove across home plate as the throw from cutoff man Miguel Rojas sailed over catcher Dalton Rushing’s head, completing his 360-foot sprint around the base paths that tied the score at 2 in the fifth inning of the finale of the arch rivals’ four-game series at Dodger Stadium on Thursday night.

Despite Hernandez’s misplay, there was no error assigned on the play, resulting in an official inside-the-park home run — the first-ever by a Giant inside Dodger Stadium and the first by a…

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