The Dodgers lost to the Mets on Saturday and Sunday to drop three of four to the Mets and are now two games below .500.
On Saturday, the Dodgers put up a 2-0 lead by the fourth but the Mets scored three in the eighth to take the win. Juan Pierre scored one in the first and Russell Martin scored off Blake DeWitt’s RBI-single in the fourth, but the Dodgers were held hitless in the last two innings to take the 3-2 loss. Chad Billingsley tossed a four-hitter through seven innings, with no runs and four K’s. Jonathan Broxton gave up three runs in the eighth to take the blown save and the loss, with two of the runs off Carlos Beltran’s two-run shot with one out.
The Dodgers met the Mets in Sunday’s finale with a nationwide ESPN audience, but took a 1-6 loss to drop 4 1/2 behind the Dbacks.
Hiroki Kuroda suffered his worst outing of the season and didn’t even see the fourth inning. He gave up one in the first and was pulled in the third after giving up five more runs, including two two-run homeruns to Carlos Beltran and Ryan Church. Hong-Chih Kuo finished the third and the next four innings, giving up no runs and just three hits, but the damage had been done and the Dodger offense couldn’t pass the five-run deficit. The lone Dodger run came in the first to take a 1-0 lead before the Mets tied it in the bottom half. Matt Kemp had an RBI-single to score Juan Pierre for the only run. The bats were held to six hits, half by Kemp, by Mets ace Johann Santana. Santana and the Mets bullpen then retired the last 18 batters without a hit to close the game and series out.
The Dodgers head back home after going 1-6 on the road trip. They will host the Rockies, who are struggling in last place in the division with a seven-game losing streak.
