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Kyle Tucker finally broke through. After a career-high seven-game hitless streak that had become one of the more talked-about storylines around this team, Tucker laced a double during the Dodgers’ win over the Colorado Rockies on Monday night, per the LA Times.

Tucker’s struggles this season have been well-documented, and I wrote just days ago about the Dodgers publicly committing to supporting him through what has been a genuinely difficult stretch. The seven-game hitless run was the longest of his career — a career that, let’s be clear, includes an All-Star selection and a track record as one of the better all-around outfielders in baseball. Tucker came to the Dodgers as a centerpiece acquisition, the kind of bat you build around. When he signed on, the expectation was that he’d slot into the lineup and produce at the elite level he’d shown in Houston. That hasn’t happened consistently this year, and the frustration has been visible at times — both from Tucker and from fans watching a premier hitter labor through extended cold spells.

A double isn’t a cure-all. Nobody in that clubhouse is going to pretend one extra-base hit erases weeks of uncharacteristic at-bats. But it matters. It matters because hitless streaks can snowball psychologically, and breaking one — especially with a hard-hit double rather than a bloop single — can reset a hitter’s confidence in a tangible way. Tucker’s swing mechanics, his pitch recognition, his ability to drive the ball to all fields — those tools don’t just vanish. The question has always been when they’d come back online with consistency, not whether they would.

The win over Colorado is nice context, too. This team needed Tucker to contribute in a game they won, not just get a meaningless hit in a blowout loss. The Dodgers have been careful not to bench Tucker or shake up his spot in the order too dramatically during the slump, and that patience may be starting to pay off. Manager Dave Roberts and the coaching staff have been public about their belief in Tucker’s talent, and getting that first hit after a week-plus drought is at least a small validation of that approach.

For our purposes, the bigger picture is straightforward. The Dodgers paid for an impact bat. They need Tucker hitting — not just occasionally, but regularly — if this lineup is going to perform at the level we all expected coming into the season. One double against the Rockies doesn’t solve everything, but it stops the bleeding. I’ll be watching his next few games closely to see if this is the start of a real turnaround or just a brief interruption in a larger slump. The talent is there. We’ve all seen it. Now we need to see it with some consistency heading into September.

Source(s): Staff (LA Times) | First reported: August 19, 2026 4:03 AM UTC

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