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Catcher Landon Hodge is terrific defensively and first baseman Josh Stonehouse has supplied surprising power.

It’s perfect timing for coach Samuel Lopez, because his son, Sammy, is a senior starting second baseman.

But the malady afflicting much of the Dodgers lineup seems to have infected the third baseman with a particularly virulent strain.

Bryan Reynolds drove in the run with a fielder’s choice ground ball to first baseman Freddie Freeman before right-hander Evan Phillips came on the retire the next two batters.

The Dodgers scored two in the first when Ohtani and Teoscar Hernández both doubled and Hernández scored on a throwing error by second baseman Todd Frazier.