New York Mets at Los Angeles Dodgers

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New York Mets

7-12, 4-6 Away

Final
2 - 8

Los Angeles Dodgers

14-4, 9-3 Home

Ohtani skips the bat, keeps the heat: 10 strikeouts as Dodgers send Mets to a 8th straight loss

Ohtani fans 10 batters in 6 innings vs. Mets

Dalton Rushing, who replaced Ohtani as designated hitter, hit his first career grand slam off Mets closer Devin Williams in the eighth. Kyle Tucker added a two-out solo shot — his first at home as a Dodger — off Austin Warren, making it 8-1.

Ohtani (2-0) had tossed 33 consecutive innings without an earned run before MJ Melendez's RBI double in the fifth trimmed New York's deficit to 2-1. It was his first earned run allowed since Aug. 27 against Cincinnati.

Ohtani wasn't in the batting lineup during a mound start for the first time since May 28, 2021, with the Los Angeles Angels. Manager Dave Roberts said it was because Ohtani was still sore after getting hit in the back of his right shoulder by Mets pitcher David Peterson on Monday.

Ohtani's strikeouts were a season high by a Dodgers pitcher. He twice fanned Francisco Lindor in a battle of All-Stars. The second time, Lindor laughed as Ohtani blew a 99 mph fastball past him on his 11th and last pitch to end the third. Ohtani smiled wryly.

Ohtani walked two on 95 pitches, 63 for strikes. He struck out the side in the sixth to end his outing. Ohtani had 22 swing and misses, his most with the Dodgers.

The Dodgers (14-4) swept the Mets at home for the first time since June 19-22, 2017. Along with sweeps of Arizona and Washington, the Dodgers are 9-0 against National League opponents this season.

The Dodgers led 2-0 on Hyeseong Kim's two-run homer off Mets starter Clay Holmes (2-2) in the second. Teoscar Hernández added an opposite field solo shot leading off the sixth against reliever Tobias Myers.

The Mets managed five hits playing their 11th game without injured slugger Juan Soto (calf). They were outscored 14-4 in the series.

Melendez was the only Met with any success against Ohtani, going 2-for-2 with a pair of doubles after being called up from Triple-A Wednesday.

The Dodgers improved to 18-4 on Jackie Robinson Day — best mark in the majors — since MLB first declared a special day in 2004 for the player who broke baseball's color barrier in 1947 with Brooklyn.

Up next Mets RHP Kodai Senga (0-2, 7.07 ERA) starts Friday against Chicago Cubs RHP Edward Cabrera (1-0, 1.62). Also Friday, Dodgers RHP Tyler Glasnow (1-0, 4.00) starts at Colorado against Rockies RHP Tomoyuki Sugano (1-0, 2.16).

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Melendez struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Semien singled to center, Bichette scored, Alvarez to second.
	9th Inning	Benge struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Alvarez hit by pitch, Bichette to second.
	9th Inning	Bichette singled to left.
	9th Inning	Baty struck out swinging.

Statistics

NYM		LAD
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
1	Hit By Pitch	1
10	Ground Balls	10
14	Strikeouts	8
2	Runs Batted In	8
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
5	Hits	12
0	Stolen Bases	1
2	Walks	2
0	Catcher Interference	0
2	Runs	8
0	Ground Into Double Play	0
0	Sacrifice Flies	0
32	At Bats	36
0	Home Runs	4
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	1
13	Runners Left On Base	12
0	Triples	0
0	Game Winning RBIs	1
0	Intentional Walks	0
3	Doubles	2
8	Fly Balls	18
0	Caught Stealing	0
140	Pitches	152
0	Games Started	0
0	Pinch At Bats	0
0	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
0	Is Qualified In Steals	1
8	Total Bases	26
35	Plate Appearances	39
0.0	Projected Home Runs	648.0
3	Extra Base Hits	6
1.6	Runs Created	9.5
.156	Batting Average	.333
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.250	Slugging Percentage	.722
.156	Secondary Average	.472
.229	On Base Percentage	.385
.479	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	1.107
1.3	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.6
1.6	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	10.7
19.0	Batter Rating	61.0
0.0	At Bats Per Home Run	9.0
0.00	Stolen Base Percentage	1.00
4.00	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	3.90
.094	Isolated Power	.389
0.14	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.25
.057	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.051
.000	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	.139
4.0	Runs Produced	16.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.3	Patience Ratio	0.8
0.3	Balls In Play Average	0.3
66.5	MLB Rating	106.0
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0