“Hopefully we solely should play 3 extra.”
Los Angeles Dodgers utility star Kiké Hernández has an analogous mindset to what presumably many followers are feeling after Sport 2 of the World Collection.
Whether or not the message that the brand new Dodgers all-time chief in postseason appearances despatched to the Blue Jays was dealing extra with holding the foot on the fuel after his crew evened the collection, and fewer about taking a shot at Toronto, Hernández was clear about the place he desires to clinch the primary back-to-back title in quarter-century, no much less.
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Even when Hernández was requested about enjoying in a recreation that made him the Dodgers’ chief in postseason appearances, he began off his response reminding the world about what’s most necessary to him at this second.
“Proper now, it means to me that we’re three video games away from profitable a World Collection,” Hernández mentioned, eliciting fun from SportsNet LA’s Kirsten Watson. “It’s a very particular accomplishment. Clearly there’s been numerous actually large names, numerous historical past on this franchise, numerous postseason video games performed on this crew, and for a man like me to have probably the most video games performed, unbelievable.
“I don’t even know methods to reply that query, however I suppose I’m proud that I’ve lasted this lengthy to have the ability to get this chance. Hopefully we solely should play 3 extra.”
To this point this postseason, in traditional Hernández style, the utility star has stepped up.
Through the common season, Hernández hit .203 with a .621 OPS. Throughout his 12 postseason appearances, Hernández is hitting .273 with a .697 OPS.
The subsequent three video games of the World Collection will all be at Dodger Stadium. The Dodgers have solely clinched one World Collection at residence (1963) and would have been capable of in 2020, however the Fall Traditional was held at a impartial web site.
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