He hit one such homer in 2023, then homered in four straight games last March between Seoul and Los Angeles, before his two home runs on Friday. Playing real games in March is a relatively new phenomenon in Major League Baseball,

Betts was dealing with a stomach illness that prevented him from digesting solid food for two weeks, during which he lost 18 pounds. After missing the first two games in Tokyo then missing the first two games of the exhibition Freeway Series, Betts has played both games at Dodger Stadium this weekend.

Mookie Betts is no longer ailing, finally able to keep food down and eating up a storm to pack on the weight that he dropped while battling a stomach virus during the first two weeks of the season.

Mookie Betts missed the Los Angeles Dodgers first two games in Tokyo last week because he was fighting an ongoing stomach illness.  The former MVP said he lost

Former Red Sox star Mookie Betts said he hasn't been able to keep solid food down for weeks and has lost 25 pounds.

The Dodgers remain unbeaten and unfazed as they ride the high of their World Series title a year ago. On Ring Night, Betts’ home run cemented their first 4-0 start since the now-52-year-old Roberts was sitting in his third-grade class in North Carolina in 1981.