Mookie Betts owns up to error that ended Yoshinobu Yamamoto’s perfect-game bid

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Mookie Betts committed an eighth-inning error Saturday that ended Yoshinobu Yamamoto's bid for a perfect game. The Dodgers shortstop faced reporters after the game and took responsibility for the miscue, repeatedly acknowledging his mistake. Yamamoto had been pitching flawlessly through seven innings before Betts' error, a crucial defensive lapse that derailed one of baseball's rarest achievements with just six outs remaining.