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Dodgers: Mookie Betts Appreciates the 'Important' Tests Before Postseason

Dodgers outfielder Mookie Betts saves the day once again.

Ryan Menzie

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Even when it seems the Dodgers don't have an answer to get the win, they do. Diamondbacks pitcher Zac Gallen got the best of the Dodgers all game long. Up until the final moments of Dodgers outfielder Mookie Betts coming to save the day.

Gallen had the Dodgers' number all day long scorching all batters with 13 strikeouts on the day allowing just two hits and one earned run in 8.0 innings pitched. 

As soon as Gallen got replaced, the Dodgers got into the groove setting up Betts to make the game winning play as a pinch hitter.

Of course, Betts came up and did what he's always expected to do and make the game winning play with a walk-off single to seal the game 3-2. 

His fourth walk-off for his career was a great moment to celebrate but it also allowed Mookie to evaluate the level of play that the postseason has to offer thanks to Gallen.

"Gallen... That was a hell of a game that he pitched. "(This win) is huge. The playoffs, it's gonna be like that. It's going to be a lot of situations like this -- we're gonna face a lot of 'Zac Gallens.' It's a good test. You know, these last couple weeks we're not playing for a whole lot bit it's really important to face guys like that and play in games like this."

A good test for the Dodgers heading into the postseason is exactly what the team needed after cruising for so long. If there was any indication that the team wasn't ready, this could be the exact spark needed to continue heading the right direction. 

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RYAN MENZIE

Ryan Menzie | Lead Contributor Ryan is an LA Native who has grown up praising the greatest athletes LA has had to offer. A love for sports ranging between basketball, football, volleyball and golf, a future Sports Management Masters graduate, and being engulfed into organized sports since seven years old, the passion and love for sports never ends for Ryan. If the words he writes don't paint the full picture of his true fandom, he will find more ways than one to tell the story and be more than willing to open up a nice LA sports debate with you. Favorite Player: Mookie Betts Favorite Moment: 2020 World Series. The Lakers won the NBA title and the Dodgers secured the World Series only a couple of months later. During such a rough time with COVID-19 and such a bleak look at how sports has tried to overcome the circumstances, it was a relief to see the night sky lit up for many nights and a makeshift parade in LA when it seemed like we needed it the most.

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