Dodgers, Mookie Betts and shortstop
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Mookie Betts meets with Dave Roberts, Andrew Friedman
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Betts did not replace Hernández in right field on Tuesday night, as both former All-Stars assumed their usual positions.
Betts’ eighth-inning home run breaks a 4-4 tie and completes the sweep with a 5-4 victory over the Padres. It also extends a hot streak born of a different approach.
Mookie Betts hits a tiebreaking solo homer in the eighth inning, helping the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the San Diego Padres 5-4 on Sunday.
Mookie Betts is in unfamiliar territory this season as he navigates his worst offensive year. The Los Angeles Dodgers star is slashing .241/.311/.365 in 113 games thus far.
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