Dodgers’ Mookie Betts is MLB’s unluckiest hitter: ‘It sucks living with’
Mookie Betts felt like he had done everything right in the bottom of the sixth inning Tuesday evening. He timed up a first-pitch cutter that Rays right-hander Drew Rasmussen left right down the middle. He took an aggressive swing that sent the ball screaming off his bat at 101.3 mph. He scorched a line drive...
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MLB exclusive Dodgers’ Mookie Betts is MLB’s unluckiest hitter: ‘It sucks living with’ By Jack Harris Published June 18, 2026, 8:00 a.m. ET See more of our coverage in your search results. Add The California Post on Google Mookie Betts felt like he had done everything right in the bottom of the sixth inning Tuesday evening. He timed up a first-pitch cutter that Rays right-hander Drew Rasmussen left right down the middle. He took an aggressive swing that sent the ball screaming off his bat at 101.3 mph. He scorched a line drive that, according to MLB’s Baseball Savant system, had an expected batting average of .640 — the kind of contact that should have gone for a hit more than six times out of 10.
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