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Call’s first homer in 120 plate appearances this season came off Taylor Rogers with the Dodgers up 7-2 in the ninth tonight. He’s batting a solid .270/.383/.350 while mostly starting versus lefties, but Statcast thinks he’s been quite lucky. He’ll likely lose a fair amount of playing time after Teoscar Hernández comes off the IL.

Call is 7-for-14 with three walks and no strikeouts. He isn’t slated to have much to do as a bench player for the Dodgers; he was picked up from the Nationals to platoon with Michael Conforto last summer, but he’s not going to start over Kyle Tucker against left-handers. He might log time late in games as a defensive replacement for Teoscar Hernández.

Call was eligible for arbitration for the first time as a Super Two player. The 31-year-old hit .267/.361/.385 in 322 plate appearances for the Nationals and Dodgers last season, and he’ll stick around in Los Angeles as a likely starter against left-handed pitchers, depending on how exactly the Dodgers round out their outfield.

Call is back in there against Cristopher Sánchez, whom he faced in Game 1 before sitting against another lefty in Jesús Luzardo in Game 2 and a righty in Game 3. With Call in left and Max Muncy sitting for third time this series, Kiké Hernández is playing third base. Miguel Rojas is on the bench.