Mookie Betts hits the second of his two home runs against the San Diego Padres in the ninth inning of a 6-1 victory at Petco Park on Friday night. (Mike McGinnis / Associated Press)
They were two of the Dodgers’ coldest hitters over the season’s first two weeks.
On Friday night at Petco Park, however, Mookie Betts and Max Muncy sparked the Dodgers’ latest triumph, combining for four hits, three home runs, five RBIs and four walks in the team’s 6-1 win over the San Diego Padres.
The duo erased the Dodgers early one-run deficit with a pair of solo home runs in the fifth inning — Betts leading off with a second-deck blast to left field, his first home run of the year; and Muncy giving the Dodgers the lead on a high-arching drive that just cleared the wall in right with two outs.
They helped Dodgers pull away down the stretch too — Muncy driving home two runs with a bases-loaded single in the seventh, giving him a season-high three RBIs, and Betts hitting another solo home run in the ninth, giving him his 20th career multi-homer game.
And after they entered the night with the lowest batting averages on the team, they each breathed a long-awaited sigh of relief, finally getting positive results to help the Dodgers — who also received a strong five-inning, one-run start from Julio Urías and four scoreless innings from the bullpen — improve to 10-3 and win their ninth game out of 10.
“In this clubhouse, these guys pick everyone up,” Muncy said. “Tonight was our…