LOS ANGELES — A stretched-thin bullpen bought the Mets to the ninth inning with a lead Tuesday night time, however that wasn’t sufficient to safe victory towards this harmful Dodgers lineup.
Time beyond regulation it went for a second straight night time, this time with the Mets on the dropping finish of a 6-5 determination in 10 innings at Chavez Ravine.
After Max Muncy’s second homer of the sport, a blast main off the ninth towards Huascar Brazobán, tied it, the Dodgers received on Freddie Freeman’s double within the tenth towards José Butto.
The appropriate-hander Butto had deliberately walked Shohei Ohtani to begin the body earlier than Mookie Betts was retired. Freeman’s double introduced within the computerized runner from second base.
Edwin Díaz was among the many unavailable relievers, an evening after he labored for the third time in 4 days and bought hit together with his first blown save this season.
The Mets rallied to win that sport within the tenth inning.
On this night time the Mets had a four-game profitable streak snapped and fell a half-game behind the Cubs for the NL’s finest document.
Tylor Megill’s night time was headed to hell in a rush after the Dodgers scored 4 runs within the first inning towards him.
However the right-hander persevered and bought the Mets via the sixth with out surrendering one other run.
Alongside the way in which he matched a season excessive by throwing 105 pitches, serving to restrict a stretched-thin bullpen’s utilization.
Total, he allowed 4 earned runs on 4 hits and one stroll with seven strikeouts over six innings. Lefty Brandon Waddell pitched the seventh scoreless earlier than Reed Garrett escaped the eighth with the lead after the tying run reached third base with no one out.
Pete Alonso’s RBI single within the first gave the Mets an early lead towards Clayton Kershaw. After Starling Marte singled and reached second on a wild pitch, Alonso delivered with two outs.
However the Dodgers jumped on Megill within the backside of the inning.
Freeman’s RBI double tied the sport (Freeman reached third when Jeff McNeil dropped the cutoff throw) and after Teoscar Hernández walked, Will Smith hit into an RBI fielder’s alternative.
Muncy adopted with a rocket into the right-field seats that positioned the Mets in a 4-1 gap.
Kershaw walked Tyrone Taylor and Alvarez within the second, however Ronny Mauricio — in his first plate look with the Mets since 2023 — hit right into a double play between the walks.
Kershaw escaped the inning by retiring McNeil.
Juan Soto launched a two-run homer within the third that sliced the Dodgers’ result in 4-3.
Francisco Lindor singled main off earlier than Soto crushed a full-count fastball from Kershaw for his eleventh homer this season. The blast was Soto’s third in his final 4 video games.
Soto reached over the excessive facet wall in proper discipline for a spotlight reel seize on Smith’s foul ball within the fourth. Andy Pages doubled later within the inning, however with two outs Megill struck out reeling Michael Conforto.
The Mets rallied with two runs within the fifth for a 5-4 lead.
Alonso delivered his second two-out hit of the night time, a double that tied it 4-4, earlier than Brandon Nimmo hit a grounder to Freeman and beat Kershaw to first base, with Marte scoring.
Each runs have been unearned after Muncy misplayed Marte’s grounder for an error, giving the Mets runners on first and second with one out.
The longer term Corridor of Famer Kershaw was eliminated after 4 ²/₃ innings during which he allowed 5 runs, two unearned, on six hits and three walks with two strikeouts.
