Mookie Betts & Freddie Freeman, a Dodgers duo
Results for National League MVP voting will be announced Thursday night, and even though Atlanta’s Ronald Acuña Jr. is the favorite to take home the award, Mookie Betts and Freddie Freeman have already pulled off a rarity in <a href="https://www.truebluela.com/">Dodgers</a> history.
Notes: Breakouts & disappointments, Stephen Nelson, Mookie Betts
The <a href="https://www.truebluela.com/">Dodgers</a> have steadied the ship after a rocky start to the season, emphasized by winning seven of their last eight series. While the trio at the top of the lineup have performed to standards, there have been a handful of notable players who have exceeded expectations, with some stumbling to find their footing so far.
Notes: Mookie Betts reacts to blown strike-three call
Saturday night saw the <a href="https://www.truebluela.com/">Dodgers</a> mount a ninth inning rally against the Cardinals, placing the tying run just 90 feet away with superstar Mookie Betts at the dish. Any sense of momentum the Dodgers had in remaining in the game quickly vanished after <a href="https://www.truebluela.com/2023/5/20/23731453/rally-falls-short-after-umpire-strands-mookie-betts-in-ninth">a blown strike three call from home plate umpire Paul Emmel sealed the their fate</a>.
Rally falls short after umpire strands Mookie Betts in ninth
The Dodgers dropped the third game of the four-game series to the Cardinals at Busch Stadium after the back-and-forth one-run battle ended on a couple of terrible calls by the umpire on Mookie Betts in the ninth inning.
Mookie Betts, Tony Gonsolin give Dodgers breathing room
The <a href="https://www.truebluela.com/">Dodgers</a> avoided the chaos of the last week, but still had a stressful affair on Friday night at Busch Stadium. But then Mookie Betts allowed them to exhale, hitting a three-run home run in the eighth inning in a 5-0 win over the Cardinals in the second game of a four-game series.