Mookie Betts went 4 for 4 with a home run and the Dodgers took advantage of a high throw by first baseman Pete Alonso to beat the sloppy Mets on Saturday night for their sixth straight victory.
Brusdar Graterol worked a hitless seventh for the NL West leaders, who have won 14 of 19. New York put runners at the corners with none out in the eighth, but Caleb Ferguson retired pinch-hitter Mark Canha on a foul popup and then struck out Baty and Luis Guillorme on seven pitches.Tony Gonsolin limited the Mets to two hits through five innings on a season-low 54 pitches. With a string of left-handed hitters coming up, he was lifted by manager Dave Roberts for left-hander Alex Vesia.
It was the fewest pitches needed by a Dodgers starter to complete five innings since Greg Maddux threw 47 over six innings in the final game of his Hall of Fame career on Sept. 27, 2008. With two outs in the third, Betts homered to the opposite field on a 97 mph, 2-2 fastball from Senga. The 344-foot drive bounced off the top of the fence in the right-field corner for his 27th homer and eighth in 13 games.
Nimmo answered by leading off the fourth with a 445-foot shot to center, the second-longest of his career. It was his 14th homer this season and 10th since June 8. The start was delayed 46 minutes with rain in the area. Under a darkening sky, injured Dodgers pitcher Clayton Kershaw and three young kids played with a bucket of baseballs in foul territory, a few feet from the tarp covering the infield.After getting through a simulated game without issue, Noah Syndergaard was sent to Triple-A Oklahoma City on a rehab assignment. Roberts, however, said he didn't know when the right-hander is supposed to pitch.
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