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With no one home, Mookie Betts scores go-ahead run in Dodgers’ win over Marlins

Starting pitcher Tyler Anderson of the Los Angeles Dodgers throws a warm up pitch during the first inning against the Arizona Diamondbacks at Chase Field on Sunday, May 29, 2022, in Phoenix.

LOS ANGELES — Los Angeles Dodgers cleanup batter Will Smith hit an eighth-inning grounder to the left of Miami third baseman Jon Berti with runners on first and third and one out in a tie game Friday night.

Berti didn’t think he had time to throw to second to start a potential double play, so he turned and looked toward the plate, where … nobody was home. Literally.

Marlins catcher Jacob Stallings, thinking the play would be on the infield, had vacated the premises. He was straddling

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