Dodgers right-fielder Mookie Betts had a weekend for the ages, going 8-for-15 with two doubles, four home runs, eight runs scored, and seven RBIs in the first three games against the Marlins. The four homers put Betts at 31 on the season, just one behind the career high he set in his MVP season in 2018.
Don’t look for him to add to those series totals today, though, as Betts will have the day off in the series finale in Miami.
As Jack Harris writes in the Los Angeles Times, manager Dave Roberts made the tough decision to rest Mookie rather than having him play four straight days on the artificial turf at loanDepot park.