Los Angeles Dodgers star Mookie Betts returned to the team during a 4-2 loss to the Boston Red Sox on Saturday night after missing a game due to a death in the family.

Roberts added that Betts was home in Nashville before he planned to join the team back at Fenway Park. Betts won his first World Series title in a year to remember for the Red Sox back in 2018, when Boston defeated the Dodgers in five games. He won American League MVP that season among a slew of individual accolades.

One of baseball’s most consistent performers over the last decade has suddenly become a below-average hitter this season.

Mookie Betts hits an RBI single to center field to extend the Dodgers' lead to 3-1 over the Red Sox in the top of the 4th inning

As shortstop Mookie Betts has posted a career low .238/.311/.373 slash line so far this season, manager Dave Roberts made the surprising move to slot him into the leadoff position. That decision might jumpstart Betts' offense,