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The Los Angeles Dodgers beat the Miami Marlins on Thursday, but might have suffered a bigger loss.
Dodgers MVP candidate Mookie Betts exited the game with a foot injury and was later seen leaving LoanDepot Park on crutches, according to Jack Harris of the Los Angeles Times. X-rays reportedly came back negative on the foot.
Betts left the game in the bottom of the eighth inning, but it appears the injury occurred during the first at-bat of the game. The only foul ball in which Betts seemed to hit the ball off his foot was on this pitch in the first inning. Considering Betts proceeded to play right field for the next seven innings, the injury must have been slow-developing.
Betts went 1-for-2 with two walks and a run at the plate.
More will be known about Betts' status on Friday, but any time missed would be bad news for the Dodgers. The former MVP has been arguably the best player in the Majors over the last month or two.
Since Aug. 1, he's hit .422/.490/.758 with 11 homers entering Thursday, adding some spice to an NL MVP race that once seemed sewn up for Ronald Acuña Jr. Betts has played in 133 of 139 games for the Dodgers this season.
Betts' injury was just one notable point in a 10-1 Dodgers win, as rookie starting pitcher Ryan Pepiot, who was promoted back to the big leagues after Julio Urías was placed on administrative leave following a domestic violence arrest, took a perfect game into the seventh inning, where it was broken by a single from Josh Bell. There was also a bizarre case of a ball boy interfering with a live ball.
Daniel Weinman was crowned winner of the 2023 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event on Monday, taking home a record breaking $12.1 million in winnings. Weinman had to outlast the other 10,043 entrants to take home the prize and get his hands on his share of live poker’s largest ever prize pool – a staggering $93,399,900. As well as taking home the prize money, 35-year-old Weinman also got his hands on the WSOP Main Event bracelet. The huge bracelet contains 500 grams of 10-karat yellow gold, as well as 2,352 various precious gemstones.
Daniel Weinman won the World Series of Poker's main event world championship on Monday in Las Vegas, earning $12.1 million along the way. Playing in the tournament for a 16th year, Weinman was tops in a deep pool of 10,043 players vying for $93.39 million. His victory came after just 164 hands at the final table. "I was honestly on the fence about even coming back and playing this tournament," the 35-year-old Atlanta native told reporters afterward. Weinman's final table featured Jan-Peter Jachtmann, who landed in fourth place and took home $3 million, as well as Toby Lewis, who finished seventh and secured $1.42 million. According to the Las Vegas Review-Journal, the main event's entry pool far outpaced the previous record of 8,773 set in 2006. "I've always kind of felt that poker was kind of going in a dying direction, but to see the numbers at the World Series this year has been incredible," Weinman said. "And to win this main event, it doesn't feel real. I mean, [there's] so much luck in a poker tournament. I thought I played very well." Steven Jones finished second, securing $6.5 million. And Adam Walton settled for third and a $4 million prize.
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