The Los Angeles Dodgers took a one-run lead on Tuesday in the top of the 10th inning before Los Angeles Angels supervisor Ron Washington chose to purposefully stroll Shohei Ohtani.
The stroll put 2 runners on for Mookie Betts, who homered on the very first pitch. It was his 5th crowning achievement in 21 video games considering that returning from a damaged hand.
Betts’ homer contributed to an analytical profile showing he is having the most clutch season of his profession.
Through Tuesday, the Dodgers’ best fielder was striking .344 with males on, .377 with runners in scoring position (RISP), and a crazy .579 on the very first pitch with RISP. He’s likewise batting .424 with 2 outs and RISP, .400 from the 10th inning on, and .432 on the very first pitch of a plate look.
The feeling put out of Betts as he rounded the bases.
By the time he reached home base, he reached another level of tilt — uncharacteristic of him.
“That [display of emotion] doesn’t happen often, so I kind of [blacked] out. I just knew they walked Sho’ to get to me, and I was like alright. That’s kind of what you want,” Betts stated. “I know Freddie [Freeman is] behind me, so they’re not gonna mess around.”
It was just the 3rd time in Betts’ profession that the batter before him got purposefully strolled. The other 2 times were back in 2016 when David Ortiz got the totally free pass while Betts was with the Red Sox, according to SportsNet LA.
“It’s a tough situation to walk a guy that got $700 [million] to get to the guy that got $350 [million],” beginning pitcher Walker Buehler joked of Ohtani and Betts. “He’s pretty good at baseball too.”
The Dodgers have actually kicked it into equipment over their last 24 video games. They’ve won 18 of them and gotten in Wednesday with a 5.5-game in National League West.
“You look back at the last couple weeks, we’ve played some intense baseball games,” supervisor Dave Roberts stated after his group enhanced to 18-6 considering that Aug. 9. “So tonight against a team that’s trying to fight and play good baseball, some young players, it’s a game that you don’t want to let down.”
As long as he’s been healthy this year, Betts has actually provided less disappointments than practically any gamer in baseball.
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