Mookie Betts homered twice, went 4-for-4 and drove in four runs while leading the Los Angeles Dodgers past the host Kansas City Royals 9–3 on Friday night.
Leading off the game, Betts hammered a 3–1 fastball 422 feet to left, his ninth leadoff homer of the year and 45th of his career. The blast came on the fifth pitch in the major league career of Royals starter Alec Marsh.
Betts made it his 26th career multi-homer game in the third, giving the Dodgers a 2–0 lead. The 402-foot shot to left was his 22nd of the year.
After Jason Heyward’s one-out RBI double in the fourth, Betts’ sharp single to center scored Heyward for a 4–1 advantage….