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How Mookie Betts Turned an Intentional Walk Into a Dodgers’ Game-Winning Masterstroke Against the A’s and Ohtani

How Mookie Betts Turned an Intentional Walk Into a Dodgers’ Game-Winning Masterstroke Against the A’s and Ohtani

In the bullpen, closer Tanner Scott took a seat. In a game that had been close for eight innings, his services wouldn’t be needed.

The Dodgers had broken a 3-3 tie in the sixth inning, when Miguel Rojas drove Michael Conforto home from first with a pinch-hit double.

Dodgers pitcher Yoshinobu Yamamoto delivers during the first inning Wednesday against the Athletics. (Gina Ferazzi / Los Angeles Times)

Moments before that, Andy Pages had run into an out on the bases, getting overaggressive on a Conforto single by trying to go first-to-third. Thus, when Rojas hit his line drive the other way, it briefly seemed like the blunder would come back to cost the Dodgers a chance to go in front.

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