Teoscar Hernandez and James Paxton combine to get Dodgers back on winning track

SAN DIEGO — They were the other ones, co-stars if not background extras in the blockbuster story that was the Dodgers’ offseason.

The Dodgers’ signings of Teoscar Hernandez and James Paxton drew much smaller headlines – and impacted the payroll far less – than the acquisitions of Shohei Ohtani, Tyler Glasnow and Yoshinobu Yamamoto.

But Hernandez and Paxton have hit their marks and nailed their lines. Hernandez’s grand slam opened up a tight game and Paxton delivered six scoreless...