Dodgers get Teoscar Hernandez back to provide important ‘bridge’

LOS ANGELES — Teoscar Hernandez returned to left field on Wednesday and into the cleanup spot, with the task of extending the Dodgers’ lineup toward the on-again, off-again bottom of the order.
Hernandez’s absence of nearly five full games was shorter than originally expected after he was hit in the left foot by an offspeed pitch from the Cleveland Guardians left-hander Matthew Boyd on Friday night. Hernandez departed in the first inning and missed the next four games.
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