The Los Angeles Dodgers’ right-handed fielder, Mookie Betts, hit three home runs within the first five innings on Thursday night, giving him a record-breaking six three-homer games in his career. The only other players with six games of three homers through the entire baseball history are Sammy Sosa and Johnny Mize.
Betts, signed to a 12-year, $ 365 million contract extension just before the start of this short season, began with an opposing field two-run home run on an outfield fastball of young San Diego Padres by Chris Paddack in the second inning. He added a solo shot on a 0-2 sinker from Luis Perdomo in the fourth and another two-run homer on a 3-1 split from Perdomo in the fifth, lifting his slashline to .310 / .372 /. 690.
Thursday marked the third time that Betts has hit three home games in the first five innings of a game, the most such incidents in baseball history, according to research by ESPN Stats & Information. Sosa notched his sixth career three-homer performance in his 2,354th career game. Mize got there in his 1,884th game. Betts completed the performance in his 813th.
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