It is no secret that Mookie Betts has struggled in the postseason since the 2022 National League Division Series against the San Diego Padres.
Betts was definitely feeling the pressure.
In the first two games of the series, he went 0-for-6, extending his postseason slump to a brutal 0-for-22 and just 3-for-44 overall. Even though his teammate Kiké Hernández insists that one postseason doesn’t carry over into the next, it sure looked like Betts’ struggles were continuing — until he flipped the script in Games 3 and 4, going 4-for-9 with two home runs.
For a hitter stuck in a slump, nothing comes easy.