First off, I would like to thank Walker Buehler for listening to me yesterday when I asked him to pitch well against the Padres. He did just that, the Red Sox won 10-2, and the Dodgers’ lead in the NL West is back up to three games. The Dodgers also helped the Red Sox out by winning, and now they are also three games behind the AL East leading Blue Jays.
Mookie Betts looked much better at the plate recently, and Friday night’s game might’ve been a breakthrough of sorts for him. He hit a two-run homer to give the Dodgers the lead, and the relief pouring out of him was palpable. Hopefully he will be able to keep this momentum going.
The Blue Jays as a team still out hit the Dodgers 10-7, and five of those seven hits were from Betts and Shohei Ohtani. That is not sustainable as far as getti