Los Angeles Dodgers at New York Mets

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Los Angeles Dodgers

66-38, 35-19 Away

Final
4 - 2

New York Mets

43-61, 21-29 Home

Roki Sasaki goes 7 innings and Kyle Tucker hits 2-run homer for Dodgers in 4-2 win over Mets

Freddie Freeman had three hits and Shohei Ohtani put Los Angeles ahead 2-1 with a sacrifice fly off Brooks Raley (4-5) in the seventh.

Tucker homered against left-hander A.J. Minter with two outs in the eighth after Freeman singled leading off the inning and stole second base. It was the eighth homer this year and first since June 27 for the slumping Tucker, who spurned the Mets in free agency last offseason to sign a $240 million, four-year contract with the Dodgers.

Luis Robert Jr. and Francisco Alvarez homered for New York in the opener of a 10-game homestand. The last-place Mets (43-61) fell a season-worst 18 games under .500 as they prepare for a selloff ahead of the Aug. 3 trade deadline.

New York slugger Juan Soto was removed for a pinch hitter in the sixth because of left calf soreness.

Coming off a fine outing at Yankee Stadium a week ago, Sasaki (4-5) allowed one run and three hits while striking out nine and walking two for his first win in nine starts since May 23 at Milwaukee. He retired his final nine batters, striking out five.

Alvarez went deep against Evan Phillips in the eighth before Tanner Scott worked a perfect ninth for his 16th save.

Mets starter Sean Manaea pitched six effective innings and gave up only Miguel Rojas' tying sacrifice fly in the fourth.

Manaea was helped out by rookie right fielder Carson Benge, who had a pair of assists. Benge relayed to shortstop Francisco Lindor to throw out Ohtani trying to stretch a leadoff double in the fifth, then cut down Freeman at home plate with a 100 mph throw after catching Rojas' flyball for an inning-ending double play in the sixth.

The crowd of 35,338 on Japanese Heritage Night at Citi Field was filled with fans of the Dodgers, who outhit the Mets 11-4 and improved to 4-0 against them this season. The two-time defending World Series champions won their third straight game and upped the best record in the majors to 66-38.

Up next Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6, 2.78 ERA) faces Mets rookie Nolan McLean (7-6, 3.34) in an attractive matchup Saturday night. The two hooked up for a tight pitchers' duel April 14 in Los Angeles.

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Benge lined out to center.
	9th Inning	Lindor flied out to right.
	9th Inning	Bichette struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Scott relieved Phillips
	9th Inning	Edman struck out looking.
	9th Inning	Pages tripled to center.

Statistics

LAD		NYM
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
0	Hit By Pitch	0
9	Ground Balls	7
5	Strikeouts	11
4	Runs Batted In	2
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
11	Hits	4
1	Stolen Bases	1
3	Walks	2
0	Catcher Interference	0
4	Runs	2
0	Ground Into Double Play	1
2	Sacrifice Flies	0
34	At Bats	30
1	Home Runs	2
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
20	Runners Left On Base	8
1	Triples	0
1	Game Winning RBIs	0
0	Intentional Walks	0
3	Doubles	1
22	Fly Balls	12
0	Caught Stealing	0
132	Pitches	132
0	Games Started	0
0	Pinch At Bats	1
0	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
1	Is Qualified In Steals	1
19	Total Bases	11
39	Plate Appearances	32
162.0	Projected Home Runs	324.0
5	Extra Base Hits	3
7.3	Runs Created	1.8
.324	Batting Average	.133
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.559	Slugging Percentage	.367
.353	Secondary Average	.333
.359	On Base Percentage	.188
.918	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.554
0.4	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.6
7.9	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	1.8
39.5	Batter Rating	21.0
34.0	At Bats Per Home Run	15.0
1.00	Stolen Base Percentage	1.00
3.38	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	4.13
.235	Isolated Power	.233
0.60	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.18
.077	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.063
.029	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	.200
8.0	Runs Produced	4.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.6	Patience Ratio	0.4
0.4	Balls In Play Average	0.1
91.5	MLB Rating	69.5
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0