No longer sick, Dodgers' Mookie Betts hits a pair of '160-pound homers' as he works to gain weight

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Mookie Betts is no longer ailing, finally able to keep food down and eating up a storm to pack on the weight he dropped while battling a stomach virus during the first two weeks of the season.

And, as the eight-time All-Star reminded everyone, “I’m still good at baseball.”

He surely is.

The Los Angeles Dodgers star hit two home runs, including a three-run blast in the 10th inning that gave the defending World Series champions a come-from-behind 8-5 victory over the Detroit Tigers on Friday night.

“That was not on my bingo card,” manager Dave Roberts said. “He just does some special things.”

The Dodgers are off to a 4-0 start for the first time since 1981, a year they won the W...
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