Mookie Betts delivered an exceptional performance, achieving his first 5-hit game of the season and tying his career high, leading the Los Angeles Dodgers to a 6-2 victory over the Washington Nationals. Betts' hits included a critical RBI single in the eighth inning that secured the Dodgers' lead. The Dodgers' bullpen, supported by Ryan Yarbrough's win (2-0), contributed significantly with six scoreless innings, closing the game effectively. This victory was part of a broader successful streak, placing the Dodgers first in the NL West with a record of 12-8.
Final from LA: #Dodgers 6, Nationals 2. Mookie Betts had five hits, tying career high. Bullpen closed with six scoreless innings.
Pages debuted with a hit, but Mookie's 5-for-5 day led the Dodgers, as did Yarbrough's five innings. https://t.co/YcEny4EXtr https://t.co/mtVEUgpDI2 https://t.co/VdKwtLF9Qf
#DoyersWeeng, turns the Page(s) against the Nats! Mookie keeps on hittin'! #Dodgers 6 | 2 #Nationals HR: @kikehndez WP: @RyanYarbrough2 (2-0) Ks: 5, Record: 12-8, 1st #NLWest #DodgersWin #LetsGoDodgers #WSHvsLAD https://t.co/TvqQHeBTpB
Mookie Betts had the first 5-hit game in the Majors this year! https://t.co/EiJeFOYtXo
Mookie Betts goes 5-for-5 at the plate tonight π₯ https://t.co/1nPsUjapKN
#DodgersWin! FINAL: #Dodgers 6, Nationals 2 https://t.co/0Vb3uuIsIw
Pleeeeeeze, the Giants have TONS of players that go 5-for-5... Five plate appearances, five outs. π https://t.co/6Tq7lBV9Nv
Mookie Betts is 5-for-5 π€― https://t.co/2RflykOr1r
Meanwhile, that man Mookie Betts is 5-5 tonight. π€π€. We know Ohtani is HIM in my world but Mookie dropping 5 hits is wild. Dodgers really have 2 all-world talents batting 1-2 - and that man Ohtani just legged out an infield single. π
Just a casual 5-for-5 night for Mookie Betts https://t.co/ttaYWQJ6rr
RQQ to the good bruhs @dylancamp25 https://t.co/9LbRzEiNLh
Mookie is 5-5 tonight. Absolute machine. #Dodgers
Mookie Betts caps a five-hit night with an RBI 1B to RF to give #Dodgers a 6-2 lead over #Nationals in eighth inning.
Mookie Betts is 5-for-5. The Nationals trail 6-2.
#Dodgers tack on in the seventh when Mookie Betts doubles to RCF, his fourth hit of the game, takes third on Ohtani's groundout and scores on Teoscar Hernandez's dribbler of an RBI infield single down 3B line. But Max Muncy and James Outman strike out with two on to end inning.