US EditionReawakened Mookie Betts Drives in 3 Runs as Dodgers Beat Blue Jays
UNITED STATES, AUG 9 – Mookie Betts ended a long home run drought with a two-run homer that accounted for three of his four RBIs in the Dodgers' 5-1 win, officials said.
- On August 9, 2025, the Los Angeles Dodgers defeated the Toronto Blue Jays 5-1 in Los Angeles, ending Toronto's three-game winning streak in a division leaders matchup.
- The game featured a pitching duel between Dodgers' Clayton Kershaw and Blue Jays' Max Scherzer, both three-time Cy Young winners and likely Hall of Famers, with Kershaw outpitching 41-year-old Scherzer.
- Mookie Betts contributed three RBIs, highlighted by a two-run home run against Scherzer in the fifth inning that put the Dodgers ahead 2-1, ending his 23-game stretch without a homer since July 5.
- The game was played before a sellout crowd of 53,825, with Los Angeles adding three runs in the seventh inning, and key contributions from Teoscar Hernández, Shohei Ohtani, and defensive plays by Betts.
- The Dodgers ended the Blue Jays’ winning streak and set the stage for Saturday’s pitching duel featuring Toronto’s right-hander Chris Bassitt, who holds an 11-5 record with a 4.12 ERA, against Los Angeles’ left-hander Blake Snell, who has a 1-1 record and a 3.21 ERA.
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Kershaw beats Scherzer in Cooperstown matchup as Betts' homer powers Dodgers past Blue Jays
Clayton Kershaw outpitched Max Scherzer in a matchup for the ages, and Mookie Betts homered and drove in three runs to lead the Los Angeles Dodgers past the Toronto Blue Jays 5-1.
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OC RegisterReawakened Mookie Betts drives in 3 as Dodgers beat Blue Jays
LOS ANGELES — Maybe it was the humidity but Mookie Betts sounded like a beaten man at the end of the Dodgers’ three-game series in Tampa last weekend. “I’m out of answers,” Betts said when questioned – again – about the worst offensive season of his career. “I’ve done everything I can possibly do. It’s up to God at this point.” Divine intervention or not, Betts has come in out of the wilderness. Since snapping a career-long 0-for-22 Tuesday, he …
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Reawakened Mookie Betts drives in 3 runs as Dodgers beat Blue Jays
Dodgers starting pitcher Clayton Kershaw throws to the plate during the second inning of their game against the Toronto Blue Jays on Friday night at Dodger Stadium. (Photo by Keith Birmingham, Pasadena Star-News/SCNG) Starting pitcher Max Scherzer #31 of the Toronto Blue Jays throws to the plate against the Dodgers in the first inning during a baseball game at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles on Friday, Aug. 8, 2025. (Photo by Keith Birmingham, Pas…
Clayton Kershaw beats Max Scherzer in Cooperstown matchup as Mookie Betts' homer powers Dodgers past Blue Jays 5-1
Clayton Kershaw out-pitched Max Scherzer in a matchup for the ages, and Mookie Betts homered and drove in three runs to lead the Los Angeles Dodgers past the...
Kershaw beats Scherzer in a battle of 3000+ strikeout pitchers
There was an intriguing game on the 2025 Major League Baseball schedule on Friday. When the Los Angeles Dodgers hosted the Toronto Blue Jays at Dodger Stadium in southern California, the starting pitching matchup became very intriguing indeed. That is because the starters both had 3000+ career strikeouts. Blue Jays starting pitcher Max Scherzer of St. Louis, Missouri had 3451 MLB career strikeouts heading into Friday, while Dodgers starting pitc…
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