Mookie Betts and Chris Archer are both flying to Miami for Major League Baseball’s All-Star Game festivities. One of them is piloting the plane.
Earlier in the day on Sunday, Betts and Archer were opponents as the Red Sox and Rays wrapped up their weekend series. Betts led off the game with a home run off of Archer for his lone hit of the day. A few hours later, Archer tweeted a photo of the two of them in a plane together. Archer mentioned still being mad at Betts about the home run and also provided the nugget of information that Betts was flying the plane.
I'm still mad at mookie. But I'm putting my faith in him right now. He's flying this thing pic.twitter.com/LBfORtrT5k
— Chris Archer (@ChrisArcher22) July 9, 2017
Betts are Archer are both All-Stars for the second time in their careers. Betts will be a starter in the outfield. Archer was named as a replacement. However, since he started on Sunday, Archer will not be eligible to take place in Tuesday’s game.
Betts came into Sunday hitting .272/.350/.484 with 15 home runs, 52 RBI, and 15 stolen bases. He also leads the American League with 29 doubles. Archer is 7-5 and has pitched to a 3.95 ERA in 18 starts. He’s second in the American League with 139 strikeouts.
