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Mookie Betts credits 2 HR game to giving homeless guy pizza

Score one for good Karma.

Red Sox outfielder Mookie Betts, not known as a home run hitter, blasted two home runs in Boston's 9-5 win over the Yankees Wednesday night.

How? He gave a homeless guy a pizza.

The secret behind Mookie Betts' two-homer game? Giving a homeless guy a pizza. pic.twitter.com/MgpFWOfv0W

— Zack Cox (@ZackCoxNESN) October 1, 2015

"Me and Blake (Swihart, the Sox catcher) ordered pizza last night and we had almost a whole pizza left," Betts explained to NESN after the game. "He said 'Mook, go give it to a guy you see on the street and you'll huit two hoome runs.