Roki Sasaki did the heavy lifting, and Los Angeles made it stand up. The Dodgers beat the Mets 4-2 at Citi Field, riding a dominant start from Sasaki and a decisive sacrifice fly before padding the margin late.
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LAD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 0 |
| NYM | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 |
Sasaki went 7.0 innings, allowing three hits and one run (one earned) while striking out nine and walking two on 94 pitches. He picked up the win, improving to 4-5 on the season with a 4.71 ERA. It was the kind of outing that let the Dodgers control the game even when the score stayed tight into the seventh.
New York's Luis Robert put the Mets ahead in the second inning with a solo homer to left, and the score stayed there until the fourth, when Miguel Rojas' sacrifice fly to right brought home Freddie Freeman to tie it at 1-1. The game remained level until the seventh, when Shohei Ohtani's sacrifice fly to center scored T. Hernández and put the Dodgers ahead 2-1 for good. Los Angeles added to the lead in the eighth when Kyle Tucker homered to right-center, scoring Freeman ahead of him and making it 4-1. Francisco Alvarez answered with a solo homer for the Mets in the bottom of the eighth, but it only trimmed the deficit to 4-2.
Sean Manaea kept the Mets in it for most of the night, working 6.0 innings and allowing just one run on six hits with three strikeouts, but he did not factor into the decision. Brooks Raley took the loss after allowing a run in the eighth, falling to 4-5. Tanner Scott closed it out for Los Angeles, working a scoreless ninth for his 16th save.
The win was the Dodgers' third straight, improving them to 66-38 and holding their spot atop the division. The Mets, who dropped their second straight, fell to 43-61.