{"id":47646,"date":"2025-05-12T08:28:28","date_gmt":"2025-05-12T08:28:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=47646"},"modified":"2025-05-12T08:28:28","modified_gmt":"2025-05-12T08:28:28","slug":"freddie-freeman-mookie-betts-lead-the-way-during-dodgers-hit-parade","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=47646","title":{"rendered":"Freddie Freeman, Mookie Betts lead the way during Dodgers’ hit parade"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Los Angeles Dodgers shortstop Mookie Betts against the Arizona Diamondbacks at Chase Field.\u00a0<\/span>Mark J. Rebilas-Imagn Images<\/div>\n
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After a red-hot start to the season, the\u00a0Dodgers have been enduring a roller coaster ride\u00a0as of late, especially based on their standards. But on Sunday, Los Angeles dominated the Diamondbacks 8-1 to split their four-game series.<\/p>\n

The Dodgers’ win was powered by their top players keeps Los Angeles in first place in the National League West. Mookie Betts and Freddie Freeman homered and Shohei Ohtani and Will Smith drove in runs as the Dodgers plastered 18 hits all over Arizona.<\/p>\n

Six different Dodgers’ batters picked up multiple hits in the game. But the two biggest hits of the day left the ballpark.<\/p>\n

With four runs already on the board in the seventh,\u00a0Freeman sent a pitch over the fence\u00a0in right field. It was a solo shot and Freeman’s third hit from his 4-for-4 performance. Freeman recorded three total RBI and two runs scored.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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