LOS ANGELES — Months into an intensive droop on the plate, might Mookie Betts be starting to show a nook?
Betts knocked in three runs — together with a go-ahead two-run homer, his first in additional than a month — because the Dodgers rolled to a series-opening 5-1 victory over the Blue Jays on Friday evening at Dodger Stadium. Betts backed six robust innings of one-run ball from Clayton Kershaw, who bested Max Scherzer in a battle of future Corridor of Famers.
The largest swing from Betts got here within the backside of the fifth, when he took Scherzer deep for his first dwelling run since July 5. The 2-run blast to left gave the Dodgers a one-run lead, which Betts padded two innings later when he reached on a fielder’s option to knock in one other run.
Since ending an 0-for-22 skid that included the one five-game hitless streak of his profession on Tuesday, Betts has picked up an extra-base hit in three straight video games for the primary time because the starting of Could. With two months left within the common season, a full turnaround might be not within the playing cards for Betts, who’s having the worst offensive season of his profession by a number of measures.
However somewhat enchancment would go a great distance for the Dodgers.
