Los Angeles Dodgers' Mookie Betts Ties Lou Gehrig Atop This List in Baseball History

The Los Angeles Dodgers rolled the Los Angeles Angels on Friday night as Mookie Betts continued to produce this season.

The Los Angeles Dodgers rolled the Los Angeles Angels on Friday night, 11-4.

The win moved the Dodgers to 50-38 on the season while the loss dropped the Angels to .500 at 45-45.

The Dodgers hit five home runs in the win, with two of those homers coming from star Mookie Betts.

Betts went 3-for-4 on the night with the two homers, adding two runs scored and four RBI. His performance also tied him atop this list in baseball history with the legendary Lou Gehrig.

Per ESPN Stats & Info:

Mookie Betts has his 23rd career game with 3 extra-base hits, tying Lou Gehrig for the most by a player age 30 or younger since 1900

Mookie Betts has his 23rd career game with 3 extra-base hits, tying Lou Gehrig for the most by a player age 30 or younger since 1900 pic.twitter.com/MWtsMMMaeU

— ESPN Stats & Info (@ESPNStatsInfo) July 8, 2023

It's been another monster season for Betts, who is hitting .277 with 25 homers and 61 RBI. He was just named to the National League All-Star team and will be participating in the home run derby as well.

Lifetime, Betts is a .292 hitter with 238 homers and 710 RBIs. He is now a seven-time All-Star, a five-time Silver Slugger, a six-time Gold Glover winner, a batting champion, an MVP (2018) and a two-time World Series champion.

The Dodgers are in second place in the National League West, 0.5 games behind the Arizona Diamondbacks. The Angels have lost eight of their last 10 games and four straight to fall into fourth now in the American League West.

The Dodgers and Angels will play again on Saturday at 9:10 p.m. ET.

Reid Detmers will pitch for the Angels while the Dodgers haven't announced a starter at this time.

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