Dodgers ideal fielder Mookie Betts struck 3 crowning achievement within the first five innings of Thursday nights 11-2 win over the San Diego Padres in Los Angeles, providing him a record-tying 6 three-homer video games in his career.
The only other players in MLB history with 6 three-homer games are Sammy Sosa and Johnny Mize.
Betts, who signed a 12-year, $365 million agreement extension right before the start of this shortened season, started with an opposite-field two-run house run on an outside-corner fastball from Padres phenom Chris Paddack in the second inning at Dodger Stadium. He added a solo shot on an 0-2 sinker from Luis Perdomo in the 4th and another two-run homer on a 3-1 splitter from Perdomo in the fifth, lifting his slash line to.310/.372/.690.
Sosa notched his 6th career three-homer efficiency in his 2,354 th career game. Mize got there in his 1,884 th game.
Betts, who was hit by a pitch in the very first inning, reached on an infield single in the seventh, making him 4-for-4 on the night.
