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07/24 21:01 CDT Roki Sasaki goes 7 and Kyle Tucker hits 2-run homer for Dodgers
in 4-2 win over Mets
Roki Sasaki goes 7 and Kyle Tucker hits 2-run homer for Dodgers in 4-2 win over
Mets
By MIKE FITZPATRICK
AP Baseball Writer
NEW YORK (AP) --- Roki Sasaki pitched seven sparkling innings, Kyle Tucker hit
a two-run homer and the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the New York Mets 4-2 on
Friday night.
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 off left-handed reliever A.J. Minter with two outs in the eighth
after Freeman singled leading off the inning and stole second base.
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. 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
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 as the two-time defending World
Series champions won their third straight game and improved the best record in
the majors to 66-38.
Up next
Dodgers RHP Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6, 2.78 ERA) starts against 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.
Yamamoto is coming off a four-hitter at Yankee Stadium last weekend for his
first regular-season complete game in 66 major league starts. McLean turned 25
on Friday.
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