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- Updated: August 18, 2016
PHILADELPHIA — The guys who were hitting kept hitting. The guys who weren’t made adjustments. Now, the Dodgers have an eight-man murderers’ row.
Right in the middle is Adrian Gonzalez, who extended his hitting streak to 10 games with a pair of homers in Wednesday night’s 7-2 win over the Phillies at Citizens Bank Park. He belted a three-run shot in the fourth and a two-run shot in the seventh. Gonzalez became the second Dodgers hitter in as many nights to go yard twice, joining Chase Utley, who homered twice on Tuesday in his return to Philadelphia.
There had been some worries about Gonzalez’s absent power stroke. But those have been quashed.
Gonzalez received an epidural in May and has spent the time since getting back into a comfortable stance and swing, finally able to generate power with his lower half again. Over his hit streak, Gonzalez is batting .450 and has scored 12 runs while driving in 11, including five in Wednesday’s win.
“I was able to get back in my legs,” Gonzalez said. “It took me about a month to feel fully healthy and strong again. … If you can’t use your backside, you’re hitting off your front leg the whole time and you can’t create power.”
Ahead of Gonzalez, there’s …
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