CHICAGO, IL - OCTOBER 19: Enrique Hernandez #14 of the Los Angeles Dodgers rounds the bases after hitting a home run in the ninth inning against the Chicago Cubs during game five of the National League Championship Series at Wrigley Field on October 19, 2017 in Chicago, Illinois. (Photo by Jonathan Daniel/Getty Images)
Kiké Hernandez had not only the night of his life in Game 5 of the NLCS between the Los Angeles Dodgers and Chicago Cubs, he had one of the greatest nights in MLB postseason history. The above grand slam was only the beginning of a spectacular evening that sent the Dodgers to the World Series for the first time since 1988.
He would go on to hit two more homers and drive in a total of seven runs to lead the Dodgers to an 11-1 victory, the largest series-clinching victory on the road in the history of Major League Baseball.
Maybe the best part of the story? Hernandez told his mother back in Puerto Rico — a country in dire need after the devastation of Hurricane Maria — that he would hit a home run. Well, he hit three. What a night.
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