Los Angeles Dodgers at New York Mets

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Dodgers ponder shortstop for Betts after paternity leave

Los Angeles filled Betts' roster spot by recalling infielder Luke Williams from Triple-A Oklahoma City. Right-hander Daniel Hudson (ankle) was moved to the 60-day injured list to make room on the 40-man roster for Williams.

Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said Betts likely will play the infield when he comes back for Wednesday afternoon's series finale against the Mets. Betts has played five games at second base this season, including four starts.

Roberts, however, didn’t specify where Betts would play. With shortstop Gavin Lux (knee) out for the season and infielders Miguel Rojas and Chris Taylor ailing, Roberts was asked if Betts could see action at shortstop for the first time in his major league career.

“There’s a chance I might slide him over to short,” Roberts said. “We’ll see.”

The manager acknowledged that if the Dodgers had forced extra innings against the Mets on Monday night, Betts would have played shortstop. Taylor left the game in the eighth with soreness in his left side, and a stint on the injured list is under consideration.

“He’s been clamoring for quite some time (to play shortstop),” Roberts said of Betts. “So we’ll see how it plays out.”

Roberts said that at some point “every day,” during batting practice or in pregame infield drills, Betts will take a least a handful of grounders at shortstop.

The skipper was asked about the potential for Betts getting hurt while playing an unfamiliar position.

“I don’t think there’s a health risk,” Roberts said. “Obviously you’re looking at where we’re at, and I will decide what gives us the best chance to win. Is it Miguel Rojas, who is coming off some tissue injuries, to play a day game after two night games? The status of (Taylor). All that stuff I will have to weigh and make that decision.”

A simple decision could be to have Williams play shortstop. The 26-year-old Williams, who signed as a free agent with the Dodgers this past offseason, does have five games of major league experience (two starts) at shortstop and has played 72 of his 137 career games in the infield.

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Betts flied out to center.
	9th Inning	Taylor struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Thompson struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Ottavino relieved Díaz
	9th Inning	Gore as designated hitter.
	8th Inning	McNeil grounded out to shortstop.

Statistics

LAD		NYM
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
1	Hit By Pitch	0
8	Ground Balls	9
9	Strikeouts	8
3	Runs Batted In	5
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
6	Hits	6
1	Stolen Bases	2
5	Walks	4
0	Catcher Interference	0
3	Runs	5
1	Ground Into Double Play	0
1	Sacrifice Flies	1
30	At Bats	29
0	Home Runs	0
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
13	Runners Left On Base	10
0	Triples	0
0	Game Winning RBIs	1
0	Intentional Walks	0
1	Doubles	3
14	Fly Balls	13
0	Caught Stealing	0
153	Pitches	141
0	Games Started	0
0	Pinch At Bats	0
0	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
1	Is Qualified In Steals	1
7	Total Bases	9
37	Plate Appearances	34
0.0	Projected Home Runs	0.0
1	Extra Base Hits	3
2.8	Runs Created	3.4
.200	Batting Average	.207
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.233	Slugging Percentage	.310
.233	Secondary Average	.310
.324	On Base Percentage	.294
.558	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.604
0.6	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.7
2.9	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	3.8
21.0	Batter Rating	34.0
0.0	At Bats Per Home Run	0.0
1.00	Stolen Base Percentage	1.00
4.14	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	4.15
.033	Isolated Power	.103
0.56	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.50
.135	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.118
.033	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	.103
6.0	Runs Produced	10.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.4	Patience Ratio	0.4
0.3	Balls In Play Average	0.3
71.8	MLB Rating	78.0
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0