LOS ANGELES — There might be no salvaging this season for Kyle Tucker, but he could exhale as he rounded the bases on a home run for the first time in 92 plate appearances.No player in baseball is being paid more than Tucker this season, and few have been worse during baseball’s second half. But for at least one swing Friday night, he showed a flash of hope.The disappointing Los Angeles Dodgers outfielder connected on a 99 mph fastball from Luis Perales that was up and in, slugging his first home run since Aug. 8 and first at Dodger Stadium in 81 days. He is not fixed after a 5-3 win over the Washington Nationals, but he could enjoy the swing in a season that hasn’t had many good ones. Tucker cracked a grin as Teoscar Hernández sprinted from the other end of the dugout to shower him with sunflower seeds.“He needed it,” manager Dave Roberts said. “You can see that genuine smile entering the dugout.”His season is what it is, with a .686 OPS that will be far and away the worst of his career no matter what he accomplishes over the season’s final 21 games. The Dodgers can only hope he can recreate enough swings like Friday night’s to rinse out the foul taste of that reality.“It was nice, just able to contribute right there and put a good swing on the ball and have it go out,” Tucker said.