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Los Angeles Dodgers’ Mookie Betts reacts to hitting a solo home run against the Philadelphia Phillies during the third inning of a baseball game Saturday, May 21, 2022, in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Chris Szagola)
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Odúbel Herrera of the Philadelphia Phillies steals second base past Gavin Lux of the Los Angeles Dodgers during the fourth inning at Citizens Bank Park on May 21, 2022 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. (Photo by Tim Nwachukwu/Getty Images)
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Philadelphia Phillies’ Bryce Harper runs to first on a single during the third inning of a baseball game against the Los Angeles Dodgers, Saturday, May 21, 2022, in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Chris Szagola)
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David Price of the Los Angeles Dodgers looks on during the fourth inning against the Philadelphia Phillies at Citizens Bank Park on May 21, 2022 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. (Photo by Tim Nwachukwu/Getty Images)
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Mookie Betts of the Los Angeles Dodgers celebrates after hitting a solo home run during the third inning against the Philadelphia Phillies at Citizens Bank Park on May 21, 2022 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. (Photo by Tim Nwachukwu/Getty Images)
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Freddie Freeman of the Los Angeles Dodgers looks on during the first inning against the Philadelphia Phillies at Citizens Bank Park on May 21, 2022 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. (Photo by Tim Nwachukwu/Getty Images)
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Philadelphia Phillies’ Alec Bohm celebrates his two-run home run with teammates during the third inning of a baseball game against the Los Angeles Dodgers, Saturday, May 21, 2022, in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Chris Szagola)
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David Price of the Los Angeles Dodgers pitches during the fourth inning against the Philadelphia Philliesat Citizens Bank Park on May 21, 2022 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. (Photo by Tim Nwachukwu/Getty Images)
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Phil Bickford of the Los Angeles Dodgers pitches during the fourth inning against the Philadelphia Phillies at Citizens Bank Park on May 21, 2022 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. (Photo by Tim Nwachukwu/Getty Images)
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Los Angeles Dodgers starting pitcher Mitch White throws during the first inning of a baseball game against the Philadelphia Phillies, Saturday, May 21, 2022, in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Chris Szagola)
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Los Angeles Dodgers starting pitcher Mitch White stands on the mound as Philadelphia Phillies’ Alec Bohm, right, rounds the bases after hitting a two-run home run during the third inning of a baseball game Saturday, May 21, 2022, in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Chris Szagola)
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Philadelphia Phillies’ Alec Bohm hits a two-run home run during the third inning of a baseball game against the Los Angeles Dodgers, Saturday, May 21, 2022, in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Chris Szagola)
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Philadelphia Phillies’ Alec Bohm hits a two-run home run during the third inning of a baseball game against the Los Angeles Dodgers, Saturday, May 21, 2022, in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Chris Szagola)
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Los Angeles Dodgers’ Mookie Betts, right, celebrates his home run with Freddie Freeman, left, during the third inning of a baseball game against the Philadelphia Phillies, Saturday, May 21, 2022, in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Chris Szagola)
PHILADELPHIA – Kids, don’t try this at home.
The Dodgers were guilty of a baserunning mistake, a defensive gaffe and stranded nine baserunners but redeemed it all by scoring twice in the eighth inning against the Philadelphia Phillies’ punch-drunk bullpen to win 7-4 Saturday and extend their winning streak to seven games.
Mookie Betts was at the center of all of it. He drove in three runs with a solo home run and a two-run double but ran the Dodgers out of a potential go-ahead rally when he was picked off second base in the seventh inning.
In the eighth, Will Smith botched a rundown play, allowing the Phillies to load the bases with one out. But Betts came to the rescue again, catching Alec Bohm’s low line drive and firing a one-hop throw home to nail Odubel Herrera who tagged at third and was trying to score the go-ahead run.
Along the way, Betts slipped and fell rounding second base on his seventh-inning double, scrambling back to second base and clutching his left arm in pain. Dodger blue-bleeding hearts skipped a beat but Betts gathered himself and remained in the game to perform more heroics.
Short-handed in the starting rotation to begin with, the Dodgers chose to give Tony Gonsolin five days between starts this week – and avoid starting Tyler Anderson against a team that has enjoyed facing lefties. That set up the first ‘bullpen game’ of the season.
Opener Mitch White gave up a run on an RBI double by Jean Segura after walking the leadoff man in the second then gave up a two-run home run to Alec Bohm in the third inning. Kyle Schwarber made it a 4-1 Phillies lead with a solo home run off David Price in the fourth.
Meanwhile, Phillies starter Aaron Nola struck out six of the first nine Dodgers batters and really only had one problem in the first five innings – Betts.
Betts touched him for a solo home run in the third then drove in two more runs in the fifth when he torched a double into the left-center field gap.
Smith tied the game with a solo home run in the sixth but the Dodgers left the bases loaded that inning and Betts was picked off to derail a rally brewing in the seventh.
While Phil Bickford, Brusdar Graterol, Justin Bruihl, Daniel Hudson and Craig Kimbrel combined to shut the Phillies out after Schwarber’s homer in the fourth, the Dodgers finally put together the winning rally in the eighth.
Justin Turner and Cody Bellinger led off with singles to light the fuse – it was Turner’s third hit of the game. A wild pitch by Seranthony Dominguez moved the runners up with one out and brought the infield in. Gavin Lux burned the Phillies for the second time this week, lining a single over the infield to drive in the go-ahead run. Dominguez’s second wild pitch brought Bellinger in with a second run.
Austin Barnes entered as a pinch-runner during the eighth — and stayed around as the DH to hit a solo home run in the ninth.
In their six games against the Phillies over the past 10 days, the Dodgers have scored 15 runs on 25 hits and 23 walks in 23 1/3 innings against the Phillies’ bullpen.
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