Mookie Betts set a Dodgers record for leadoff home runs and Teoscar Hernández added his first two long balls for Los Angeles in a 6-3 victory over the St.…
Mookie Betts set a Dodgers record for leadoff home runs and Teoscar Hernández added his first two long balls for Los Angeles in a 6-3 victory over the St. Louis Cardinals.Mookie Betts set a Dodgers record for leadoff home runs and Teoscar Hernández added his first two long balls for Los Angeles in a 6-3 victory over the St. Louis Cardinals on Friday night.
Betts moved into sole possession of fifth place on the major leagues’ leadoff home run list with his 49th, breaking a tie with Ian Kinsler. Betts trails Rickey Henderson , George Springer , Alfonso Soriano and Craig Biggio .Get today's sports news out of Los Angeles. Here's the latest on the Dodgers, Lakers, Angels, Kings, Galaxy, LAFC, USC, UCLA and more LA teams.Betts’ home run to left was nearly identical to the one he hit Thursday in the Dodgers’ home opener.
Hernández, who signed a $23.5 million contract, hit a solo homer in the second over the bullpen gate to the opposite field in right, then hit a three-run drive in the fourth that bounced off the top of the left-center field wall and into the stands for a 5-0 leadMiguel Rojas added his first home run of the season in the seventh off Giovanny Gallegos. Rojas didn't hit his first last season until Aug. 2.
Dodgers: RHP Walker Buehler, who has not been on a major league mound since June 2022 after Tommy John surgery and a flexor tendon repair, is set to pitch four or five innings for Triple-A Oklahoma City at Tacoma. ... RHP Blake Treinen still has not thrown off of a mound since the club was in South Korea last week.Cardinals: RHP Lance Lynn is set to make his first start in his return for his initial big league team on Saturday as he faces the club he pitched for at the end of 2023.
Dodgers: RHP Yoshinobu Yamamoto is set to make his home debut after he lasted just one inning and gave up five runs last week against San Diego Padres in Seoul.
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