No longer sick, Dodgers’ Mookie Betts hits a pair of ‘160-pound homers’ as he works to gain weight
- On Friday night, the Los Angeles Dodgers defeated the Detroit Tigers 8-5 in 10 innings, marking their fourth consecutive win to start the season.
- Prior to the game, the Dodgers, as defending World Series champions, received their 2024 World Series rings in a ceremony where Jack Flaherty, now a Tigers starter, was also present.
- The Tigers took a 5-3 lead in the top of the 10th after Dillon Dingler's two-run triple, while earlier in the game, Gleyber Torres homered off Yoshinobu Yamamoto, who had a career-high 10 strikeouts.
- Dodgers left fielder Michael Conforto misplayed a ball hit by Dingler in the 10th, leading to two runs, and a safe call at home in the ninth was overturned, denying the Tigers a lead.
- Mookie Betts, who had been battling a stomach virus and lost 15 pounds, hit a game-winning three-run home run in the 10th inning off Beau Brieske, securing the Dodgers' victory and their best start since 1981.
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Dodgers’ Mookie Betts homers twice — including walk-off blast — after illness: ‘Proud of myself’
Mookie Betts is no longer ailing, finally able to keep food down and eating up a storm to pack on the weight he dropped while battling a stomach virus during the first two weeks of the season.

No longer sick, Dodgers' Mookie Betts hits a pair of '160-pound homers' as he works to gain weight
Mookie Betts is no longer ailing, finally able to keep food down and eating up a storm to pack on the weight that he dropped while battling a stomach virus during the first two weeks of the season.
Tigers rally late, but walk-off homer lifts Dodgers in 10th inning
LOS ANGELES -- The Detroit Tigers staged two dramatic rallies to send the game to extra innings and then take the lead, but the Los Angeles Dodgers scored five runs in the 10th inning to capture an 8-5 walk-off win on Friday night at Dodger Stadium.
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