Dodgers' Mookie Betts notches 105th RBI, most ever by a leadoff hitter
Los Angeles Dodgers' Mookie Betts celebrates in the dugout after scoring off of a double hit by designated hitter J.D. Martinez during the third inning of a baseball game against the San Francisco Giants in Los Angeles, Saturday, Sept. 23, 2023. Max Muncy also scored. Credit: AP/Ashley Landis
LOS ANGELES — Mookie Betts hit a two-run double in the eighth inning on Saturday night, giving the Los Angeles Dodgers outfielder 105 RBIs, the most ever by a leadoff hitter.
Betts doubled to center off San Francisco’s Ross Stripling, scoring Austin Barnes and David Peralta and extending the Dodgers’ lead to 7-0.
He doubled in the seventh, too, and walked twice for the NL West champions.
Betts had been tied with Charlie Blackmon at 103.
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