CLEVELAND — On Wednesday evening, Mookie Betts picked up two hits in opposition to Guardians starter Xzavion Curry earlier than the sky opened up and suspended the remainder of the center sport of this three-game collection to Thursday afternoon.
Sixteen hours later, the Dodgers’ all-world famous person picked up the place he left off by recording three hits as soon as the sport resumed.
Betts went 5-for-5 within the Dodgers’ 6-1 win vs. Cleveland. It was Betts’ second profession five-hit sport, with the primary one approaching Aug. 26, 2016, when he was a member of the Boston Red Sox. It was the primary five-hit sport by a Dodger since Justin Turner went 5-for-6 in opposition to the Pirates on May 26, 2019.
The five-hit sport is simply one other feather within the cap of Betts, who has been the most well liked hitter within the Majors over the previous few weeks. He has an 11-game hitting streak and has had a multihit sport in 12 of his 20 video games in August.
After recording a single in every of his first 4 at-bats, Betts opened up an even bigger lead within the eighth by smashing a two-run double off the 19-foot excessive wall in left area off Cleveland reliever Tim Herrin.
Prior to that, the Dodgers’ lone run upon the sport’s resumption got here within the fourth inning when Freddie Freeman blooped in a 60.1 mph single to attain Miguel Rojas for certainly one of his three hits within the sport.
The Dodgers cruised out to a 3-1 lead previous to the sport being suspended, with Will Smith choosing up a sacrifice fly and Kiké Hernández including on with a two-run double off Curry for a three-run first inning.
Clayton Kershaw regarded sharp on the mound, as he allowed one hit (a house run to José Ramírez) and struck out 4 on 33 pitches (24 strikes). About quarter-hour into the rain delay, Kershaw headed out to the bullpen the place he threw earlier than coming again to the Dodgers’ dugout. As he was strolling again from the bullpen, he threw his fingers up within the air in disgust whereas motioning to the tarp, which had but to be rained on.
“Obviously, [Clayton] was disappointed, because he was working through some things,” Dodgers supervisor Dave Roberts mentioned Wednesday evening. “I’m sure [Curry] is disappointed too. But it was out of our control.”
Roberts mentioned that Kershaw’s subsequent begin will doubtless be on six days’ relaxation, however that he may slot into the weekend collection in Boston relying on if any video games are impacted by the climate.
When the sport resumed, the Dodgers used six relievers who mixed to permit simply three hits over the ultimate seven innings, with Gus Varland and Ryan Brasier each going multiple inning.
Mother Nature made her presence recognized on Thursday as nicely, as there was a one-hour, 13-minute rain delay between the eighth and ninth innings. Varland picked up the win, whereas Bryan Hudson pitched a scoreless ninth inning to shut it out.
Ryan Pepiot, who had been with the crew in Cleveland, was recalled because the twenty seventh man, and he’ll get the majority of the innings within the finale after an opener.
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