LOS ANGELES — A stretched-thin bullpen bought the Mets to the ninth inning with a lead Tuesday evening, however that wasn’t sufficient to safe victory towards this harmful Dodgers lineup.
Extra time it went for a second straight evening, this time with the Mets on the shedding finish of a 6-5 resolution in 10 innings at Chavez Ravine to snap a four-game profitable streak.
After Max Muncy’s second homer of the sport — a blast main off the ninth towards Huascar Brazobán — tied it, the Dodgers gained on Freddie Freeman’s double within the tenth towards José Butto.
The suitable-hander Butto had deliberately walked Shohei Ohtani to start out the body earlier than Mookie Betts was retired.
Freeman’s shot, which landed on the base of the left-field fence after fooling Brandon Nimmo, introduced within the automated runner from second base.
Nimmo mentioned the ball in flight was over his left shoulder as he retreated towards the fence.
After gauging his distance to the fence, Nimmo seemed as much as discover the ball had moved what he estimated to be 15 toes, over the alternative shoulder.
“It acted a little bit differently than what I am used to,” Nimmo mentioned. “It’s unfortunate. I would have loved to make that play and have two outs and have a chance to get out of there and go and try again.”
Edwin Diaz was among the many unavailable relievers, an evening after he labored for the third time in 4 days and bought hit along with his first blown save this season.
Ryne Stanek, who additionally pitched within the Mets’ 4-3 victory in 10 innings the earlier evening, was unavailable, in keeping with supervisor Carlos Mendoza.
“It’s been a playoff-type atmosphere,” Nimmo mentioned. “Dodger Stadium has been rocking. It’s been a lot of fun. It’s unfortunate when a game like that ends on a play like that because it’s been so good and such high-intensity and good baseball.”
Tylor Megill’s evening 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 by the sixth with out surrendering one other run.
Alongside the best way he matched a season excessive by throwing 105 pitches, serving to restrict a stretched-thin bullpen’s utilization.
“I got my teeth kicked in in the first inning, but overall I just settled in,” Megill mentioned.
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, dealing with the highest of the order, escaped the eighth with the lead after the tying run reached third base with no one out.
“In the eighth inning up one run you don’t have many bullets and that is why I shot Garrett there,” Mendoza mentioned. “The best I have available against their best hitters there and then you hopefully get the last three outs with Brazobán. He just made a mistake there with Muncy.”
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 evening, 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 had 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 4²/₃ innings through which he allowed 5 runs, two unearned, on six hits and three walks with two strikeouts.
