Mookie

Betts

Betts smacked a two-out single off of Sale in the opening inning and was left stranded at first base. He then led off the fourth inning with a double — the Dodgers’ only extra-base hit in the contest — but he never advanced from there. With his two-hit attack, the 33-year-old infielder is now slashing .239/.298/.407 with 16 homers, 47 RBI and just one stolen base (in three attempts) on the season.

Pages had been alternating between hitting second and third of late. Betts, who had mostly been batting fifth recently, has reached six times in his last two games, but that still leaves him with just a .295 OBP on the season. Eventually, it might be Will Smith hitting third to help break up the lefties.

Betts singled in the second run of the 10th after Freddie Freeman singled to knock in the automatic runner. The three-hit game was Betts’ 10th of the year. He’s batting .237/.291/.412 through 91 games.

It looks to be nothing more than a routine night off for the dynamic 33-year-old infielder. Miguel Rojas will start in his place at shortstop and will bat sixth for the Dodgers against Brewers’ left-hander Shane Drohan on Thursday evening in Los Angeles.

Betts went deep in the second inning to put the Dodgers on the board and give the 33-year-old his 15th homer of the 2026 campaign. The power drought seems to be over for Betts, as he’s homered in back-to-back games after not hitting one July 21 and August 10.

Betts put the Dodgers on the board with a solo homer off Michael Wacha in the second inning. He later doubled in the seventh and scored before driving in the game-tying run in the bottom of the eighth with a base hit. The 33-year-old outfielder is hitting .235/.291/.406 with 14 homers, 46 runs scored, and 38 RBI across 350 plate appearances.

Dodgers manager Dave Roberts is shaking things up by moving Freddie Freeman up to the second spot in the order with Andy Pages following and Tucker in the cleanup spot. Max Muncy and Mookie Betts remain in the middle of the lineup with Teoscar Hernández on the bench.

Unfortunately, the Dodgers really needed the fifth hit, but Betts flew out to end the 7-6 loss. His first four at-bats all produced nice line drives to the outfield, ranging from 84 mph to 105 mph off the bat. Betts entered the day hitless in 12 at-bats this month. He was hitting .149 with one walk in 48 plate appearances since his only previous four-hit game this season, when he went 4-for-5 with two homers against the Phillies on July 20.

Tommy Edman has been moved up another spot as a result. With the exception of a two-homer explosion against the Phillies last week, Betts has been a complete non-factor at the plate in the second half, hitting .184 (7-for-38) in 10 games since the Midsummer Classic. It’s admittedly a small sample size, but Betts has gone through some ice-cold spells at the dish over the last two years. It’s a frustrating situation for fantasy managers to navigate, but the Dodgers can afford to let him continue tinker and work on things until the playoffs roll around.

Betts now has 13 home runs this season. He hit two home runs off the Phillies’ bullpen on Monday. Betts helped fuel a Dodgers comeback attempt, but the team was in too big of a whole down 8-3 and ended up losing 10-7. He’s hitting .237 with a .731 OPS and 34 RBI.