New York Mets at Los Angeles Dodgers

· Major League Baseball

New York Mets

7-11, 4-5 Away

Final
1 - 2

Los Angeles Dodgers

13-4, 8-3 Home

Dodgers hand Mets a seventh straight loss, 2-1, as Tucker delivers the go-ahead hit with 2 strikes

New York Mets vs. Los Angeles Dodgers: Game Highlights

The Mets have been outscored 36-10 during their skid, dropping into the NL East cellar at 7-11.

Tucker's two-strike hit to left off reliever Brooks Raley (0-1) scored pinch-hitter Miguel Rojas, who walked and took second on pinch-hitter Santiago Espinal's sacrifice.

Shohei Ohtani extended his streak of reaching base to 48 consecutive games with an intentional walk by Raley in the eighth. He finished 0 for 3.

Yamamoto, a 27-year-old right-hander, allowed one run and four hits, throwing 104 pitches in 7 2/3 innings. He struck out seven and walked one. Alex Vesia struck out the side in the ninth for his second save, finishing a game that breezed by in 2 hours, 3 minutes.

McLean, a 24-year-old right-hander, gave up one run and two hits in seven innings with eight strikeouts and two walks. He's allowed two or fewer earned runs in 11 of his first 12 major league games.

Francisco Lindor homered on Yamamoto's third pitch of the game, driving a 95 mph fastball halfway up the right field pavilion for his first RBI this season. It snapped the Mets' 20-inning scoreless streak,

After that, Yamamoto set down 20 consecutive batters until Bo Bichette doubled with two outs in the seventh.

Yamamoto got two quick outs to open the eighth before giving up back-to-back singles by Carson Benge and Lindor. Blake Treinen (1-0) threw a called third strike past Luis Robert Jr., who unsuccessfully challenged the call.

Freddie Freeman hit an RBI groundout in the first that scored Tucker, who walked.

Up next Mets RHP Clay Holmes (2-1, 1.50 ERA) starts the series finale Wednesday against Dodgers RHP Shohei Ohtani (1-0, 0.00) on Jackie Robinson Day around the major leagues.

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Alvarez struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Bichette struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Polanco struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Vesia relieved Treinen
	9th Inning	Espinal at second base.
	9th Inning	Rojas at shortstop.

Statistics

NYM		LAD
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
0	Hit By Pitch	0
11	Ground Balls	8
11	Strikeouts	9
1	Runs Batted In	2
0	Sacrifice Hit	1
4	Hits	3
1	Stolen Bases	0
1	Walks	4
0	Catcher Interference	0
1	Runs	2
0	Ground Into Double Play	0
0	Sacrifice Flies	0
31	At Bats	26
1	Home Runs	0
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
4	Runners Left On Base	8
0	Triples	0
0	Game Winning RBIs	1
0	Intentional Walks	1
1	Doubles	1
9	Fly Balls	10
0	Caught Stealing	0
121	Pitches	110
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	0
8	Total Bases	4
32	Plate Appearances	31
162.0	Projected Home Runs	0.0
2	Extra Base Hits	1
0.9	Runs Created	0.8
.129	Batting Average	.115
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.258	Slugging Percentage	.154
.194	Secondary Average	.192
.156	On Base Percentage	.233
.414	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.387
1.2	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.8
0.9	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	0.9
14.0	Batter Rating	13.0
31.0	At Bats Per Home Run	0.0
1.00	Stolen Base Percentage	0.00
3.78	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	3.55
.129	Isolated Power	.038
0.09	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.44
.031	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.129
.065	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	.077
2.0	Runs Produced	4.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.3	Patience Ratio	0.3
0.2	Balls In Play Average	0.2
64.0	MLB Rating	63.3
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0