2023-08-25 17:17:58
CLEVELAND — Mookie Betts matched a career high with five hits and drove in a couple of runs to lead the Los Angeles Dodgers to a 6-1 victory over the Cleveland Guardians on Thursday in the resumption of a game suspended the day before.
And in the game that was originally scheduled for Thursday, Puerto Rican Kiké Hernández hit a home run and two doubles, for the Dodgers to repeat the dose, this time 9-3.
Betts had four singles in the first six innings of the daytime game and had a two-run double in the eighth for the NL West-leading Dodgers, who are 19-3 in August.
A seven-time All-Star, Betts had already had five hits in a duel on August 26, 2016, when he played with Boston and faced Kansas City.
On the day, Betts produced three runs. He is 9-for-11 in the three-game series and has a .568 average during a 12-game hitting streak.
Los Angeles led 3-1 following two innings on Wednesday when heavy rain forced the game to be interrupted for 1 hour and 37 minutes before the suspension was called.
Another series of storms came following the bottom of the eighth inning on Thursday, interrupting the game for 72 minutes.
Gus Varland (1-0) pitched 1 1/3 innings for his first major league victory. Starter Xzavion Curry (3-2) allowed three runs in as many innings.
Hernández totaled four hits and the same number of RBIs on the day.
Michael Busch hit his first major league home run during the second game, and the Dodgers rallied from a 2–0 deficit. Busch and James Outman each drove in two runs, while Freddie Freeman went 2 for 4.
Ryan Pepiot (1-0) allowed one run in four innings for Los Angeles. Rookie Gavin Williams (1-5) gave up a season-high seven runs in 4 1/3 innings.
He hasn’t won in eight straight starts.
In the game that began on Wednesday, for the Dodgers, Puerto Rican Hernández went 3-1 with two RBIs. The Dominican Rosario 4-0 with a run scored. Venezuelan Miguel Rojas 3-1 with a run scored.
For the Guardians, the Dominicans José Ramírez 3-1 with a run scored and an RBI, Ramón Laureano 3-1 with a run scored and an RBI, Óscar González 4-1. Venezuelans Andrés Giménez 2-0, Gabriel Arias 4-1.
In Thursday’s game, for the Dodgers, the Dominican Amed Rosario 2-1. Venezuelan David Peralta 4-1 with a run scored and an RBI. Puerto Rican Hernández went 5-3 with two runs scored and two produced.
For the Guardians, the Dominicans Ramírez 4-0, Laureano 4-2. Venezuelans Giménez 4-0, Arias 4-3 with two goals and one produced.
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