Mookie Betts ‘has no answers’ to World Series woes
The The Los Angeles Dodgers are now in grave danger fell short of their quest to become back-to-back World Series champions after a 6-1 loss in Game 5 of the 2025 World Series to the Toronto Blue Jays at Dodger Stadium on Wednesday night. Los Angeles was left baffled by the incredible performance of 22-year-old right-hander Trey Iesavage.
The Los Angeles bats went silent in the face of the young Blue Jays pitcher, who further exposed the Dodgers’ offensive struggles in the last World Series. Since LA outlasted the Blue Jays in an epic 18-inning marathon victory in Game 3, the Dodgers have been outscored by Toronto 12-3. The Dodgers went 6-for-31 with seven strikeouts in Game 4 and were even worse in Game 5, going 4-for-30 with 15 strikeouts.
In the same game, the Dodgers’ MVP triumvirate of Shohei Ohtani, Mookie Betts and Freddie Freeman Jr. combined for just 0-for-11 with six strikeouts.
“I don’t want to talk about anybody else. But for me personally, I was terrible, I was terrible,” Betts said his struggles (via Michael J. Duarte of NBC LA).
The 2018 American League MVP slipped to third in LA’s batting order in Game 5, but went 1-for-8 with two strikeouts over the last two games.
“I wish it was a lack of effort. I really do, but it’s not, so I don’t have any answers.”
The good news for Betts and the Dodgers is that they are still alive in the series, with at least one game left.
After Blake Snell’s frustrating Game 5 commitmentLos Angeles is expected to give the ball to Yoshinobu Yamamoto in Game 6 next Friday.
Yamamoto was brilliant in Game 2, pitching a one-run complete game while striking out 12 Blue Jays and helping the Dodgers to a 5-1 victory at Rogers Center in Toronto.
It remains to be seen how well Yamamoto will fare on the mound after his workload in his last appearance, but either way, Betts and the rest of the Los Angeles offense need to wake up if the Dodgers are to win Game 6 and force a winner-take-all Game 7.
2025-10-30 06:32:00
