Mookie Betts Exits Game Against Nationals In First Inning With Injury

WASHINGTON — Dodgers shortstop Mookie Betts near nan Dodgers’ crippled against nan Nationals connected Saturday pinch little backmost symptom connected his correct side, according to nan team.

He walked successful his first sheet quality and scored connected Freddie Freeman’s two-run double successful nan first inning. But erstwhile nan Dodgers took nan section successful nan bottommost half of nan inning, Miguel Rojas jogged retired to short.

The severity of Betts’ wounded was not instantly clear.

Betts entered this twelvemonth astatine afloat spot aft being weakened astatine nan opening of past twelvemonth by illness. Betts embraced caller training methods, pinch an accent connected stretching. And he was looking guardant to seeing nan effects javelin-throwing would person connected his throws to first from connected plays successful nan hole.

Betts sewage disconnected to a slow commencement astatine nan plate. But successful nan Dodgers’ 13-6 win Friday against nan Nationals, he recorded his first location tally and first two-hit crippled of nan season.