Dodgers’ Mookie Betts progressing from toe fracture

LOS ANGELES — A world-class athlete, seemingly adept at every sport he tries his hand at – from baseball to bowling to pickleball – Mookie Betts has a simple explanation for the injury that sidelined him for the weekend.

“Just clumsiness, I guess,” Betts said.

Betts suffered a fracture of the fourth toe on his left foot in the most mundane of ways – he got out of bed in the middle of the night to go to the bathroom.

“I just stubbed my toe,” he said. “Whatever you picture, getting out of bed, that’s exactly what happened.