Los Angeles Dodgers shortstop Mookie Betts and Clayton Kershaw expressed their feelings about the Dodgers' rough stretch over the past few weeks.

Dodgers manager Dave Roberts decides to give Mookie Betts the day off as the shortstop continues to struggle at the plate coming off the All-Star break.

Abner Uribe retired Mookie Betts with the bases loaded for the final out, and the Milwaukee Brewers beat the Los Angeles Dodgers 6-5 on Sunday for their 10th straight victory. Shohei Ohtani hit a two-run homer for the Dodgers,

The cameo is another step in the public evolution of a player who rarely stepped outside the baseball spotlight during six seasons with the Boston Red Sox.

Shohei Ohtani is out of the leadoff spot and Mookie Betts is in after weeks of consideration — a change Ohtani fully supports.