Dodgers’ Late Rally Upends Marlins in Game 1

Mookie Betts (50) of the Los Angeles Dodgers hits a two run single in front of Jacob Stallings (58) of the Miami Marlins, to take a 3-1 lead during the eighth inning, at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles on August 19, 2023. Harry How/Getty Images

Austin Barnes tied the score on a safety-squeeze bunt, then Mookie Betts drilled a go-ahead two-run single — both in the eighth inning — as the host Los Angeles Dodgers rallied to beat the Miami Marlins 3–1 in the first game of a doubleheader on Saturday afternoon, August 19.

The Dodgers have won 12 of their past 13 games. Miami snapped Los Angeles’ 11-game win streak on Friday.