

“Thompson's love triples,” tweeted Golden State Warriors 3-point ace Klay Thompson, older brother of Trayce.Ĭody Bellinger drew a walk from left-hander Jarlin Garcia to set up Betts, whose 406-foot shot landed in the left-field pavilion, triggering a raucous reaction from what was left of the sellout crowd of 53,165. Trayce Thompson's RBI triple off Dominic Leone (3-2) tied it 6-all with two outs in the bottom half. San Francisco tied it on a grand slam by Darin Ruf in the seventh, then went ahead 6-5 in the eighth. That's my job, that's what I'm supposed to do.” “My initial read, I knew I was going to catch that one,” Betts said. You've got to pick each other up and we did that tonight.”īetts also made a spectacular diving catch on Joc Pederson's liner in the right-field corner for the final out. “We got the win and that's the most important thing,” Betts said. LOS ANGELES - Mookie Betts broke an eighth-inning tie with a three-run homer and the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the San Francisco Giants 9-6 on Thursday night after blowing a five-run lead in the seventh.įreddie Freeman homered early and the NL West leaders won their fifth in a row, eighth straight at home and 12th in 13 tries overall, with the All-Star Game logos on the field nearly obliterated two nights after the Dodgers hosted the Midsummer Classic for the first time since 1980.

MLB, Los Angeles Dodgers, San Francisco Giants Dodgers recover, beat Giants 9-6 on Betts' 3-run HR in 8th
