Betts Hits Winning 3-run Homer In 10th As Dodgers Beat Tigers 8-5 For First 4-0 Start Since 1981

Mookie Betts hit a game-winning, three-run homer in the 10th inning to lift the Dodgers to an 8-5 win over the Detroit Tigers on Friday night a few hours after Los Angeles received its 2024 World Series rings .

The Dodgers are 4-0 to start the season for the first time since 1981, when they also won the World Series.

Betts went deep to left off Beau Brieske 0-1, scoring pinch-hitter Will Smith and Shohei Ohtani.

Betts hit a two-out solo shot that put the Dodgers ahead 3-2 in the eighth before Detroit tied it in the ninth on Manuel Margot's RBI single.

Dillon Dingler homered and tripled in the 10th to give Detroit a 5-3 lead in the top of the 10th.