Mookie Betts

The game of baseball can change in an instant. One singular moment that shifts the pendulum of momentum from one side to the other like a weather vane on a sailboat stuck in stormy seas. That storm hit the Dodgers in the fourth inning of Game 3, and with one swing the tides of change swung it back in the…

The Los Angeles Dodgers have new life in the NLCS thanks to clutch hits from Cody Bellinger and Mookie Betts in Game 3.

NBC LA sports reporter Michael J. Duarte and Matthew Moreno of Dodger Blue discuss the epic Game 5 of the NLDS between the Dodgers and Giants and look ahead to the NLCS rematch with the Atlanta Braves.

Fans celebrated the Dodgers win against the San Francisco Giants. Beverly White reports for the NBC4 News at 11 p.m. on Oct. 14, 2021.

In sports, the game’s biggest moments always seem to find the person most deserving of redemption. It’s baseball’s version of the circle of life. That moment fell upon Cody Bellinger on Thursday. Down in the count, Bellinger choked up on the bat, the leather of his batting gloves, twisting the wood of his Louisville slugger like a baby gripping...

The mound at Dodger Stadium is a sacred place. Some of the best pitchers in the history of the game have toed the rubber and delivered everything they’ve got for the love of the game. Walker Buehler is one of those pitchers. So as manager Dave Roberts slowly strolled to the mound in the fifth inning to ceremoniously take...

Cody Bellinger was taking grounders at first base two hours before Game 2 of the National League Division series when he heard a Giants’ fan shout at him. “Hey Bellinger! Easy out!” Bellinger looked at the fan, and then looked at me. We both shrugged. The 2019 NL Most Valuable Player had heard a lot worse from San Francisco fans…

Mookie Betts and Corey Seager homered back-to-back in the first inning, Justin Turner and AJ Pollock did the same in the fourth, and the Los Angeles Dodgers completed a three-game sweep of the San Diego Padres with an 8-3 victory Thursday night. The defending World Series champions remained two games behind NL West-leading San Francisco after the Giants beat Arizona…

Corey Seager hit a go-ahead, two-run homer to put an exclamation point on a wild bottom of the eighth inning, that saw the Los Angeles Dodgers go deep four times to rally past the San Diego Padres 11-9 on Wednesday night. Los Angeles trailed 9-6 before Max Muncy and AJ Pollock began the onslaught by going back-to-back off Emilio Pagán (4-3). With...

The injury bug bites all teams from time-to-time, but the Los Angeles Dodgers seem to always be the main course.  The reigning World Series champions had a total of 10 players on the injured list during the shortened 60-game season in 2020. In total, those 10 players spent a combined 248 days on the injured list. 60 games into the…

Max Scherzer had been anticipating his 3,000th career strikeout. He had his family on hand, and Los Angeles Dodgers fans knew it was coming. As if that wasn’t enough history for one day, he nearly threw a perfect game, too. Scherzer got his milestone and took a perfect game into the eighth inning as the Dodgers beat the San Diego...

Corey Seager hit a tiebreaking double in the eighth inning, lifting the Los Angeles Dodgers to a 3-2 victory over the Atlanta Braves in a matchup of playoff contenders Tuesday night. Atlanta lost All-Star second baseman Ozzie Albies after he fouled a ball off his left knee in the fifth and had to be carried off the field. He’s...

Julio Urías earned his major league-leading 15th victory and the Los Angeles Dodgers slugged four homers to beat Atlanta 5-3 Monday night, ending the Braves’ franchise-record 13-game road winning streak. Mookie Betts homered on his bobblehead night after catching a ceremonial first pitch from his mother. Max Muncy, Will Smith and Corey Seager also went deep to help the...

Mookie Betts says he’s feeling “really, really good” and is eager to return soon to the Los Angeles Dodgers’ lineup from a stint on the injured list with right hip inflammation. The All-Star outfielder has been on the IL since Aug. 8. He was diagnosed with a bone spur in his hip and recently received a second cortisone injection. “It’s the...

The injury bug bites all teams from time-to-time, but the Los Angeles Dodgers seem to always be the main course.  The reigning World Series champions had a total of 10 players on the injured list during the shortened 60-game season in 2020. In total, those 10 players spent a combined 248 days on the injured list. 60 games into the…

Los Angeles Dodgers star outfielder Mookie Betts was placed on the injured list Wednesday because of a sore right hip. Betts left Friday’s game in the sixth due to right hip discomfort. He played Saturday and then sat out Sunday. He is batting .277 with 17 home runs and 44 RBIs in 87 games for the defending World Series champions….

José Iglesias’ double in the 10th inning drove in the go-ahead run as the Los Angeles Angels rallied for a 4-3 victory over the Los Angeles Dodgers on Friday night. Iglesias also homered for the Angels, who have won three of the four games in this year’s Freeway Series. He led off the 10th with a double down the...

Max Scherzer struck out 10 in his Dodgers debut and got plenty of offensive support as Los Angeles hit four home runs to defeat the Houston Astros 7-5 on Wednesday night, capping a contentious two-game series. Mookie Betts homered twice, while Will Smith and AJ Pollock also went deep off Astros starter Jake Odorizzi (4-6). Michael Brantley, Carlos Correa and…

Albert Pujols doubled home three runs to cap a five-run second inning, Mookie Betts homered in his return from the injured list and the Los Angeles Dodgers hammered the Arizona Diamondbacks 13-0 on Sunday. Betts, playing second base, returned to the Dodgers lineup and had two hits, including his 15th homer of the season in the ninth. Julio Urias pitched…

The injury bug bites all teams from time-to-time, but the Los Angeles Dodgers seem to always be the main course.  The reigning World Series champions had a total of 10 players on the injured list during the shortened 60-game season in 2020. In total, those 10 players spent a combined 248 days on the injured list. 60 games into the…