Dylan Hernández: Playoff implosion of Mookie Betts and Freddie Freeman a bad omen for Dodgers' future
PHOENIX — Mookie Betts and Freddie Freeman offered no explanations for what happened. How they were a combined 1 for 21 as the Dodgers were swept by the Arizona Diamondbacks in the National League Division Series. How they failed to reach base safely in the final 17 innings of the best-of-five series, which mercifully ended on Wednesday night with a 4-2 defeat at Chase Field. How the only hit ...
by Dylan Hernández, Los Angeles Times
Oct 12, 2023
3 minutes
PHOENIX — Mookie Betts and Freddie Freeman offered no explanations for what happened.
How they were a combined 1 for 21 as the Dodgers were swept by the Arizona Diamondbacks in the National League Division Series.
How they failed to reach base safely in the final 17 innings of the best-of-five series, which mercifully ended on Wednesday night with a 4-2 defeat at Chase Field.
How the only hit credited to either member of the most productive offensive partnership in franchise history was an infield single by Freeman in Game 2.
"It's obviously super frustrating," Betts said. "There's
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