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Shohei Ohtani’s record-tying homers ended the Dodgers’ five-game skid in a 5-2 win over the Orioles at Camden Yards.
The Mookie Betts you know and love is back. Betts is out of his summer doldrums. Over the last month and change, the Dodgers superstar has turned back into, well, a Dodgers superstar. As Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said the other day: "He looks like Mookie.
The Los Angeles Dodgers have not played their best baseball as of late, but a win on Sunday against the Baltimore Orioles was an encouraging sign.
Shohei Ohtani hit two home runs and Mookie Betts added a solo shot to back an effective pitching performance by Clayton Kershaw, and the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the Baltimore Orioles 5-2 Sunday to end a five-game losing steak.
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Ben Rortvedt only had about 10 minutes’ notice that he was starting in yesterday’s game after Will Smith’s late scratch, but he wasn’t bothered at all. He just showered, stretched, got some intel from Smith, and was ready to go, he told reporters after the game.
Ohtani leads off the game with a home run then goes back-to-back with Mookie Betts in the third inning to give the Dodgers an early lead. Clayton Kershaw and the bullpen make it stand up in a 5-2
Coming off an excruciating defeat that stretched their losing streak to five games, the Los Angeles Dodgers desperately needed a spark in the finale of a horrid East Coast trip.
This article was originally published on www.si.com/mlb/dodgers as Shohei Ohtani's Former Teammate Drops Ultimate Compliment on Dodgers Star. Among Dodger fans, if he's remembered at all, Archie Bradley might be remembered as the longtime Arizona Diamondbacks pitcher who threw batting practice to Matt Kemp.
Worn down amid the worst offensive season of his career, Betts said in early August that he couldn’t save his season individually. Since then, he “looks like Mookie” again, Dave Roberts says.