Los Angeles Dodgers at New York Mets

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Los Angeles Dodgers

32-20, 13-12 Away

Final
2 - 5

New York Mets

31-21, 18-6 Home

Slumping Soto hits tiebreaking, 2-run double and Mets rally past Dodgers 5-2

David Peterson (3-2) matched his career high of 7 2/3 innings, striking out Shohei Ohtani three times and inducing three double-play grounders. He allowed two runs and five hits.

Edwin Díaz got four straight outs, striking out three, to remain perfect in 11 save chances.

Brett Baty had three hits and a pair of RBI from the No. 9 slot.

A night after the Mets lost the series opener 7-5 in 13 innings, they fell behind 2-0 before rallying against Tony Gonsolin (2-1). Baty had an RBI single in the second and Starling Marte a run-scoring infield single in the fourth.

Soto had been hitting .119 (5 for 42) with runners in scoring position, 164th among 167 qualified batters, before he drove a 2-2 splitter off the right-center field wall. Marte was thrown out at the plate on shortstop Mookie Betts' relay to catcher Dalton Rushing of center fielder Tommy Edman's throw.

This was Soto's third game since he was dropped down one slot to third in the batting order and Pete Alonso to fourth. Alonso had a pair of singles, but has no home runs in 16 games and a career-high 65 at-bats since May 5.

Baty added an RBI double in the eighth off Bobby Miller.

Los Angeles had won three straight and the Mets had dropped six of eight.

Kiké Hernández had an RBI single in the second and Rushing followed with a run-scoring grounder.

Mets third baseman Mark Vientos missed his second straight start because of abdominal soreness, but pinch hit in the sixth and walked. Left fielder Brandon Nimmo sat out after leaving Friday with a stiff neck.

Key moment Dodgers first baseman Freddie Freeman turned an outstanding inning-ending double play in the third, gloving Jeff McNeil’s grounder with runners at the corners and throwing to Betts, who made the return throw from second.

Key stat Soto entered 5 for 40 with no extra-base hits and two RBI in his previous 11 games

Up next Mets RHP Kodai Senga (4-3 1.43) and Dodgers RHP Landon Knack (2-1, 6.17) start Sunday night's series finale.

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Pages grounded out to second.
	9th Inning	Freeman struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	T. Hernández struck out swinging.
	8th Inning	Soto grounded out to first.
	8th Inning	Acuña grounded into fielder's choice to pitcher, Lindor to second, Baty to third, Vientos out at home.
	8th Inning	Lindor intentionally walked.

Statistics

LAD		NYM
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
1	Hit By Pitch	2
13	Ground Balls	11
10	Strikeouts	4
2	Runs Batted In	5
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
5	Hits	11
1	Stolen Bases	1
2	Walks	5
0	Catcher Interference	0
2	Runs	5
3	Ground Into Double Play	1
0	Sacrifice Flies	0
29	At Bats	32
0	Home Runs	0
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
9	Runners Left On Base	21
0	Triples	0
0	Game Winning RBIs	1
0	Intentional Walks	1
1	Doubles	2
6	Fly Balls	17
0	Caught Stealing	1
115	Pitches	140
0	Games Started	0
0	Pinch At Bats	0
0	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
1	Is Qualified In Steals	1
6	Total Bases	13
32	Plate Appearances	39
0.0	Projected Home Runs	0.0
1	Extra Base Hits	2
0.5	Runs Created	6.2
.172	Batting Average	.344
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.207	Slugging Percentage	.406
.138	Secondary Average	.219
.250	On Base Percentage	.462
.457	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.868
2.2	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.6
0.5	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	7.3
16.0	Batter Rating	36.0
0.0	At Bats Per Home Run	0.0
1.00	Stolen Base Percentage	0.50
3.59	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	3.59
.034	Isolated Power	.063
0.20	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	1.25
.063	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.128
-.034	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	-.125
4.0	Runs Produced	10.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.3	Patience Ratio	0.5
0.3	Balls In Play Average	0.4
66.5	MLB Rating	88.5
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0