Mookie Betts says he's doing all he can to break out of a playoff hitting slump that has now stretched to three straight postseason series.

Mookie Betts waited a whole year for this opportunity. After being held hitless last October in the Dodgers’ three-game sweep against the D-backs in the National League Division Series, Betts repeatedly said he was eager to get a chance at redemption this postseason.

SAN DIEGO — With each of his estimated “three or four hundred” swings on Monday night, Mookie Betts looked to correct a concerning trend. The Los Angeles Dodgers superstar is hitless in his past 22 postseason at-bats and 3 for his past 44. That includes an 0-for-6 start to this year’s National League Division Series against the San Diego Padres.

The duo combined for just one hit in 21 at-bats during last year’s three-game NLDS loss to the Diamondbacks. Now, Freeman is injured and Betts is continuing to slump.

Mookie Betts and the Los Angeles Dodgers will take on Michael King and the San Diego Padres on Tuesday at 9:08 PM ET airing on Fox Sports 1. The teams will square off in Game 3 of the NLDS. The

With the Padres up 1-0 with one, Mookie Betts stepped to the plate and blasted the first pitch he saw from Yu Darvish down the left field line. It looked to be headed for the seats as Profar drifted back to the wall. He leaped into a crowd of Dodgers fans and ... well, no one seemed to know what happened.

During Sunday’s Game 2 of the NLDS between the Padres and Dodgers, it looked like Mookie Betts had tied the game with a first-inning solo shot to left. Betts was in his home run trot. The Fox broadcast even displayed a home run graphic. Dodger Stadium was in a frenzy.

The Dodgers' Mookie Betts might not be entering the playoffs with his hottest swing. But he’s been freed from some of the stresses he carried into previous postseasons.