Official Site of the Red Sox · Jun 21, 2018
Mookie heating up, ropes opposite-field homer
Betts swats his 19th homer MINNEAPOLIS -- Now that Mookie Betts is starting to heat up again, perhaps the Red Sox's offense will follow suit.
Betts hammered an opposite-field solo homer to right in the fifth inning on Thursday afternoon to give the Red Sox a 2-0 lead against the Twins.
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It was the 19th homer of the season for Betts, and second in 34 at-bats since coming off the disabled list.
In an encouraging development, Thursday was the second straight multihit game for Betts.
Prior to Thursday's contest, Betts slashed .226/.351/.323 with one RBI in his first eight games back from the left abdominal strain that kept him out of action from May 27 to June 10.
