Betts’ homers fuel L.A. win

Taylor, Turner also go deep for Dodgers

Mookie Betts homered twice on a night he was originally supposed to have off, and the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the Washington Nationals, 9-4, Tuesday night.

Betts smacked a three-run homer off former Dodgers prospect Josiah Gray and hit a solo shot off Victor Arano for his 21st career multihomer game and second this season.

Chris Taylor and Trea Turner also homered for Los Angeles, which has won nine of 10.

At 29- 13, Los Angeles owns the best record in the National League. Washington has dropped seven of it past nine and is a major leagueworst 5-17 at home.

Dodgers starter Walker Buehler (6-1) allowed three runs in six innings, retiring 15 of the last 17 batters he faced. He yielded six hits and struck out three.

It was the first time Gray (4-4) faced the Dodgers since he was dealt to the Nationals at last year’s trade deadline in the deal that sent Turner and Max Scherzer to Los Angeles.

Turner hit a two-run homer three batters into the game and, after the Nationals scored three in the first, Betts poked a three-run shot into the front row in left field to make it 5-3. Taylor added a two-run blast in the third.

The former AL MVP scored a run in his 12th consecutive game, tying Rafael Furcal (in 2010) for the longest such streak since the Dodgers moved to Los Angeles. Zack Wheat set the franchise record with a 13-game streak for the Brooklyn Robins in 1925.

Other games

Cubs 10, Reds 3: Frank Schwindel homered twice in a game for the first time in his career and Marcus Stroman recovered from a rough start to pitch five effective innings, as visiting Chicago rolled past Cincinnati.

Braves 6, Phillies 5: Atlanta scored two runs in the bottom of the ninth to beat visiting Philadelphia. Ronald Acuna Jr. went 2 for 3 with three RBIs in the win.

Blue Jays 8, Cardinals 1: Vlad Guerrero Jr. went 2 for 4 with a home run and catcher Danny Jansen went 2 for 5 with four RBIs and two runs scored to lead visiting Toronto past St. Louis.

Yankees 7, Orioles 6: New York scored twice in the bottom of the eleventh on singles by Isiah Kiner-Falefa and Jose Trevino to defeat visiting Baltimore.

Rays 4, Marlins 0: Kevin Kiermaier hit Pablo López’s first pitch for an inside-thepark home run and Tampa Bay beat visiting Miami.

Astros 7, Guardians 3: Kyle Tucker hit a tjhree-run homer and Jose Altuve went 2 for 4 with two runs scored as Houston beat visiting Cleveland. Framber Valdez pitched seven innings for the win.

Twins 2, Tigers 0: Twins starter Sonny Gray went seven scoreless innings as Minnesota beat visiting Detroit.