Mets blow lead, rebound in 10th
New York hangs on to salvage victory over the Dodgers
J.D. Davis led off the 10th inning with an RBI double after the Mets blew a tworun lead in the ninth, and New York hung on to salvage a four-game series split with a 5-4 victory over the Los Angeles Dodgers on Sunday.
Pete Alonso doubled home the tying run in the eighth and scored the goahead run on Eduardo Escobar’s sacrifice fly for the Mets, who have won eight of 11. Alonso then started the 10th on second base as the automatic runner and scored another go-ahead run on Davis’ hit off Craig Kimbrel (0-2).
Will Smith homered and Eddy Alvarez tied it with a two-out RBI single in the ninth for the Dodgers, who have lost five of seven. They fell to 31-2 this season when leading after seven innings.
Rookie right-hander Adonis Medina retired Mookie Betts and Freddie Freeman to open the Dodgers’ half of the 10th before Trea Turner reached on catcher interference, putting runners at the corners. Turner stole second without a throw but Medina struck out Smith to earn his first career save in his sixth appearance for the Mets.
Starling Marte homered early in the second straight victory for the Mets, who won at Dodger Stadium after trailing in the eighth inning for the first time since July 22, 2007. New York, which has lost only two of its first 17 series this season, improved to 5-0 in extra-inning games.
The Dodgers dropped to 0-4 after splitting this series between the NL’S top two teams by winning percentage. New York (37-19) nudged back ahead of Los Angeles (35-19) for the NL’S best record.
Turner hit an early tworun homer, and Los Angeles nursed that 2-1 lead before Alonso, Escobar and Tomas Nido drove in runs against the Dodgers’ bullpen in the eighth.
Trevor Williams yielded six hits and struck out five over five innings for New York.
Red Sox 5, Athletics 2: Franchy Cordero hit a three-run homer off Frankie Montas in the sixth inning and Boston completed a threegame sweep of Oakland. Rich Hill pitched three-hit ball over six innings and had five strikeouts.
Phillies 9, Angels 7: Bryson Stott hit a game-winning, three-run homer with two outs in the ninth inning after Bryce Harper tied it with a grand slam in the eighth, and Philadelphia rallied to victory that sent slumping Mike Trout and the Los Angeles Angels to their 11th straight defeat.
Twins 8, Blue Jays 6: Luis Arraez went 4 for 4 with a walk, Gary Sanchez and Trevor Larnach homered and Minnesota beat Toronto.
Braves 8, Rockies 7: Matt Olson hit a three-run homer, Ronald Acuna Jr. had a solo shot among his four hits and Atlanta moved above .500 for the first time since the season’s opening week by holding off Colorado.
Padres 6, Brewers 4: Jake Cronenworth hit a three-run home run in the 10th inning and San Diego extended its winning streak to three games with a victory over Milwaukee.
Mariners 6, Rangers 5, 10: Abraham Toro scored on a wild pitch by Brock Burke in the 10th inning to complete Seattle’s lategame rally over Texas.
Guardians 3, Orioles 2: Andres Gimenez hit a three-run homer and Cleveland beat Baltimore to win its first series at Camden Yards since 2018.
White Sox 6, Rays 5: Jake Burger had a key hit for the second consecutive day and Chicago hung on to a large early lead to beat Tampa Bay.
Pirates 3, Diamondbacks 0: Jack Suwinski followed his gamewinning homer a day earlier with three hits to help Pittsburgh beat Arizona again.
Nationals 5, Reds 4: Patrick Corbin pitched six effective innings and catcher Kelbert Ruiz picked Nick Senzel off first base to end Washington’s win over Cincinnati.
Giants 5, Marlins 1: Donovan Walton hit a grand slam and Jakob Junis pitched six innings of onerun ball in San Francisco’s win over Miami.
Astros 7, Royals 4: Yordan Alvarez hit his 16th home run of the season and Framber Valdez won his fifth straight start for Houston, which beat Kansas City.