This was hard to watch. This was the showcase of Mookie Betts to make Red Sox fans weep at losing him as your franchise cornerstone. Making plays at second base and right field. A monster “Monster’ two-run homer to give the Dodgers a little separation in the sixth inning. That tied his career high in dingers with his 35th swat of 2023. Despite the Dodgers’ lead getting trimmed, he rips another RBI in the eighth to truly put things away.
Granted, it’s even harder to overcome such a good team when Betts and Freddie Freeman combine for an OPS over 1.