LOS ANGELES -- One month ago, Mookie Betts was at peace with the idea of his season being over.

Figuratively, that is. There were still eight weeks of games remaining on the regular-season schedule, in addition to the postseason looming beyond then. But at that point, Betts decided that there was nothing he could do to stop 2025 from being a down year on the back of his baseball card.

That proved to be a turning point.

Betts may consider himself to be near the end of a lost season, but he's much more closely resembled his normal self over the past month. He continued to roll with a two-hit night, including a two-run homer, in Tuesday's 7-2 win that sealed a series victory over the Rockies at Dodger Stadium.

Long balls from Betts, Teoscar Hernández (third multihomer game of the seas

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