Dodgers rally in ninth, push past Mets in 10th
June 4 - Freddie Freeman drove in the winning run with a 10th-inning double after Max Muncy tied it with a homer in the ninth as the Los Angeles Dodgers rallied for a 6-5 victory over the visiting New York Mets on Tuesday.
Muncy's second home run of the game came against Huascar Brazoban.
An inning later, Freeman hit a double to the warning track in left field against Jose Butto (2-1) to score automatic runner Tommy Edman from second base.
After a slow start to the season, Muncy now has five home runs in four games, including a pair of multi-homer games in the stretch. He has nine homers on the season.
Juan Soto hit a two-run home run and Pete Alonso added two hits and two RBIs for the Mets, whose four-game winning streak ended. New York entered the night with eight victories in nine games, while the Dodgers had lost two in a row, including the opener against the Mets in 10 innings on Monday.
Mets right-hander Tylor Megill settled down after a rough first inning to retire 16 of his last 17 batters before the bullpen coughed up the lead. He permitted four runs, all in the first frame, in six innings.
Dodgers left-hander Clayton Kershaw gave up five runs (three earned) over 4 2/3 innings in his fourth start of the season.
The Mets took a 1-0 lead on an RBI single from Alonso four batters into the game. The Dodgers answered with a four-run first on a Freeman run-scoring double, a Will Smith RBI groundout and a two-run homer from Muncy.
New York began its rally against Kershaw in the third when Soto hit a two-run home run, his third in four games, to pull within 4-3.
The Mets added a pair of unearned runs in the fifth, tying the game on an RBI double from Alonso and getting a go-ahead infield single from Brandon Nimmo.
Dodgers left-hander Tanner Scott (1-2) pitched a perfect 10th inning, one day after he gave up two runs in the 10th and took the loss. Scott entered with three blown saves and two losses in his past seven outings.
The Dodgers' Mookie Betts (toe) returned after missing four games, and he went 2-for-5.
The Mets placed Mark Vientos (hamstring) on the injured list and called up Ronny Mauricio, who finished 0-for-4 in his season debut.
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