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Mookie Betts' big hit helps Dodgers sink Padres
Mookie Betts' two-run single keyed a three-run fifth inning Sunday as the visiting Los Angeles Dodgers edged the San Diego Padres 4-2 in the rubber game of the teams' weekend series.
The Dodgers needed a big defensive stop to halt the Padres' momentum. Freddie Freeman and Mookie Betts delivered just that.
Mookie Betts connects with a single to center field, plating two runs and pushing the Dodgers' lead to 4-1 in the top of the 5th
Mookie Betts stayed red-hot for the Dodgers on Saturday when he hit a home run in his third consecutive game. The infielder launched a three-run shot to left-center field in the top of the sixth inning to extend Los Angeles’ lead to 10-1 over the San Diego Padres. The Dodgers went on to win, 15-3.
The Padres counter with Michael King (5-6, 3.33), who fired seven shutout innings Monday night in a 1-0 victory over Atlanta, scattering six hits and walking none while fanning five. King owns a 1-0 win from earlier this year against Los Angeles.
It could have been a better night, as all four balls that Betts put into play were hit hard. However, only his 402-foot homer in the sixth eluded the defense. He’s up to 11 homers to go along with a .
Mookie Betts hit the 300th home run of his career on Wednesday during the Dodgers' game against the Twins in Minnesota.
Seriously, is there anything Los Angeles Dodgers All-Star shortstop Mookie Betts can't do? Watch his acting chops here.
As an avid bowler, Mookie Betts is no stranger to the number 300. But on Wednesday night at Target Field, it was the baseball history books into which he once again etched his name when he launched his 300th career home run.
