“Unleashing the Beast: Tommy Edman’s Power Surge Powers Dodgers Past Cubs!”

But moments later, on a night the Dodgers had struggled to apply any pressure on Boyd, Edman flipped the script with one timely swing.

After Teoscar Hernández singled and Freddie Freeman was hit by a pitch — the latter returning from the injured list after what he described as a hugely beneficial 10-day rest for his ailing right ankle — Edman jumped on a 1-and-0 changeup for a 423-foot blast halfway up the left-field pavilion.

“I’m really not trying to hit homers,” the 5-foot-9, 193-pound Edman said with a laugh. “More a side result of putting in some good work in the cage and having a better plan at the plate, doing my preparation and knowing how I’m trying to attack a pitcher.”

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