LOS ANGELES — There was an eruption from the crowd. Air horns over the PA system. And, in a dramatic scene in the bottom of the eighth inning at Dodger Stadium on Friday night, a cathartic relief from one of the Los Angeles Dodgers’ most struggling hitters.
With the bases loaded and the score tied, shades of the old Cody Bellinger reappeared at Chavez Ravine.
In an 0-and-2 count with two outs, the former MVP and once-feared slugger unloaded on a curveball over the plate, blasting a monumental — and, the Dodgers hope, momentous — grand slam that sent the Dodgers to a 5-1 win over the San Francisco Giants.
