Can you believe this? Betts, who lost 10kg, finished the game, LAD 85 DET for the Dodgers' four-game winning streak

Mar 29, 2025

Can you believe this? Betts, who lost 10kg, finished the game, LAD 85 DET for the Dodgers' four-game winning streak
LA Dodgers Mookie Betts is severely hit by Freddie Freeman, who hit a tying two-run shot in the bottom of the sixth inning. AP Yonhap News



Can you believe this? Betts, who lost 10kg, finished the game, LAD 85 DET for the Dodgers' four-game winning streak
LA Dodgers Shohei Ohtani. AFP Yonhap News
The defending champion LA Dodgers whistled their opening four consecutive wins.

The Dodgers won the home game against the Detroit Tigers at Dodger Stadium on the 29th (Korea time) thanks to Mookie Betts' walk-off home run in the 10th inning.

The Dodgers have won four consecutive games since beating the Chicago Cubs in the opening game of Tokyo Dome on the 18th.




Dodgers starter Yoshinobu Yamamoto struck out 10 in five innings and pitched hard with five hits and two runs, but failed to win. He won the opening game against the Chicago Cubs at Tokyo Dome on the 18th with three hits and one run in five innings.

Jack Fleherty, who threw for the Dodgers last year as a Detroit starter, pitched three hits and two runs in five ⅔ innings, but it was also irrelevant to victory or defeat.

Dodgers Shohei Ohtani had no hits and one walk in three at-bats, stopping his hit streak for three consecutive games after the season opened.




Can you believe this? Betts, who lost 10kg, finished the game, LAD 85 DET for the Dodgers' four-game winning streak
Dodgers Yamamoto Yoshinobu roars after striking out for the 10th time in the 5th inning. AFP Yonhap News
Detroit got the first run. After one out in the top of the second inning, Dingler hit a 90.6-mile splitter that flew flat into the middle of Yamamoto's fourth pitch and connected it with a pre-emptive solo home run over the fence in the middle. Dingler made his major league debut last year and hit one home run in 27 games, and registered his first home run in the second game of this season.

Detroit added another run in the third inning with a home run. Leadoff Gleyber Torres pulled Yamamoto's 94.4-mile sinker into the fourth to tip him over the left fence. With a launch angle of 22 degrees and a batting speed of 99.7 miles, Yamamoto tilted his head with a recalled expression as the ball crossed the fence.

The Dodgers' batters remained hitless until the fourth inning against Fleherty, but the lead Teoscar Hernandez in the fifth inning began to gain vitality with a walk. After Max Muncy struck out, Tommy Edman hit a right-handed hit to connect the chance with one out and runners on first and second bases. However, after Michael Confoto was grounded out to third base, Andy Parz created a golden opportunity with two outs and a bases-loaded walk, but Austin Barnes failed to score after being grounded out to right field.




The Dodgers also scored their first run with a home run. After one out in the bottom of the sixth inning, trailing 0-2, Mookie Betts hit a heavy hit, followed by Freddie Freemoney's two-run home run, making it 2-2 at once. Freeman's well-throwed 83.5 miles into Fleherty's slider to the left of the middle fence. The first arch of the season with a launch angle of 26 degrees, a batting speed of 105.9 miles and a flying distance of 411 feet.

Can you believe this? Betts, who lost 10kg, finished the game, LAD 85 DET for the Dodgers' four-game winning streak
Freddie Freeman came home after hitting a tying two-run shot in the sixth inning and was welcomed by Teoscar Hernandez. AFP Yonhap News
Can you believe this? Betts, who lost 10kg, finished the game, LAD 85 DET for the Dodgers' four-game winning streak
Mookie Betts drew a left-center solo arch in the bottom of the eighth inning and was welcomed by Teosca. ImagesYonhap News
The Dodgers broke the 2-2 balance. After two outs in the bottom of the eighth inning, Betts shot a solo shot to left-center, leading to a one-point lead. Betts hit the four-seam as it was in the middle of opponent right-hander Will Best's 96.7 miles of first pitch, slightly over the left-center fence. It is his first home run of the season with a launch angle of 28 degrees, a batting speed of 95.8 miles and a driving distance of 373 feet.

Betts, who suffered from mysterious enteritis for two weeks during the exhibition game and lost 18 pounds and missed two games of the Tokyo Series, played in the home opener the previous day and showed off his strong performance by scoring one hit, one walk, and one run from three times at bat, and finally hit a home run on the day to get the batting back on track.

However, the Dodgers allowed closer Tanner Scott to tie the game in the top of the ninth inning after failing to keep a one-run lead. Detroit had a chance with the lead, Trey Sweeney, hitting the right-handed hit. Then, Ryan Kreidler and Javier Baez's pitches were caught by Dodgers infielders' defense, and the situation changed to second base with two outs. But Manuel Margot evened Scott with a left-handed hit.

However, the next batter, Riley Green, pulled Scott's 93.5-mile fastball and hit a line-drive double that rolled to the right fence to bring Margot home and turn the tide 4-3. But all of themAs a result of Juss' challenge, the first baseman Margot was overturned to be out at home, and the inning ended at a 3-3 tie.

The game was decided in the 10th inning of extra time. Detroit added two runs in the top of the 10th on Dingler's left triple with two outs and runners on first and third to take a 5-3 lead. Dingler's ball was missed by left fielder Michael Confoto as he tried to catch it with a diving catch as he ran to the side, and the runners all homered. an error-free triple on the record.

However, the Dodgers made up for a point with a missed left double by Confoto, the leader of the second base with no outs in the bottom of the 10th inning, and then tied it again at 5-5 with Will Smith's left-handed hit with one out and second base. Ohtani then connected the chance to the first and third bases with one out with a right-handed hit. And Betts, who hit a tiebreaking home run in the eighth inning, hit a three-run home run to the left of the opponent's right-hander Bob Briskie to end the game.



This article was translated by Naver AI translator.