Reddick happy to have found his footing

LOS ANGELES — Sometimes, a struggling hitter trying to find results at the plate can be a chicken and the egg problem. Comfort could lead to success or success could lead to comfort.

It’s still not entirely clear which answer Josh Reddick found first, but it has been quite apparent over the last six games that both comfort and success are beginning to find him, the latest evidence being his multihit game in the Dodgers’ 5-2 win on Tuesday.

Reddick is now on a six-game hitting streak, a span that includes a .500 batting average and his first homer as a Dodger on Saturday.

“He’s started to finally get comfortable,” manager Dave Roberts said. “Even his batting practices are better. A new, changing environment, he might not admit to it, but there was a little pressing going on. It helps when other guys around you are swinging the bats well. Now, he’s starting to simplify and putting that barrel to the baseball.”

Reddick languished in his first 23 games after being acquired at the Trade Deadline on Aug. 1. His line over those games came in at .139/.200/.152 in 85 plate appearances. He didn’t just go …

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