Mookie Betts, Max Muncy and J.D. Martinez each hit homers to back Clayton Kershaw Sunday. The Dodgers lead the National League with 43 home runs in their first 23 games.
CHICAGO – Shortstops who hit like that can really make a lot of money.
The Dodgers have done enough things wrong over the first month of the season to muddle along within a game of .500 for most of that time.Betts, Max Muncy and J.D. Martinez each cleared the ivy at Wrigley Field Sunday. Kershaw gave up a solo home run to Yan Gomes in the fifth inning to put the Cubs back on top. But Muncy and Martinez gave the Dodgers the lead for good when they hit back-to-back home runs in the sixth inning.
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