LOS ANGELES -- Months into an extensive slump at the plate, could Mookie Betts be beginning to turn a corner?

Betts knocked in three runs -- including a go-ahead two-run homer, his first in more than a month -- as the Dodgers rolled to a series-opening 5-1 victory over the Blue Jays on Friday night at Dodger Stadium. Betts backed six strong innings of one-run ball from Clayton Kershaw, who bested Max Scherzer in a battle of future Hall of Famers .

The biggest swing from Betts came in the bottom of the fifth, when he took Scherzer deep for his first home run since July 5. The two-run blast to left gave the Dodgers a one-run lead, which Betts padded two innings later when he reached on a fielder's choice to knock in another run.

Since ending an 0-for-22 skid that included the only f

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