Los Angeles Dodgers star Mookie Betts placed on a present on the plate within the NL Wild Card Collection towards the Cincinnati Reds.
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Betts completed with six hits, going 4-for-5 with three runs batted in and three doubles to assist the Dodgers advance to the NL Division Collection.
Betts declared his season over in August after placing up career-worst offensive numbers, and the shortstop appeared to have freed himself from any burden as he turned a nook late within the season.
The 32-year-old is a key contributor within the Dodgers lineup, and LA gained’t be capable to survive October with out his manufacturing on the plate.
As for Betts’ sturdy efficiency within the Wild Card Collection, he’s simply grateful he might help his teammates.
“It’s been cool. It’s what it’s. I’m simply completely satisfied that I might help the boys win, I can contribute,” Betts stated Wednesday. “It’s higher late than by no means.
“Nevertheless it’s simply a type of issues the place you’ve simply gotta hold going, man. I went by arguably one of many worst years of my profession. However I feel it actually made me mentally powerful. So now there’s only a totally different stage of focus. And it’s not likely on myself; it’s extra on successful the sport.”
The Dodgers have an uphill battle forward of them with Video games 1 and a pair of of the NLDS happening at Residents Financial institution Park, thought-about one of many hardest highway environments in all of baseball.
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