Dodgers Beat Up Mets, Complete Weekend Sweep – CBS New York

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork/AP) — Max Muncy hit a pair of two-run homers and Max Scherzer labored out of some bother over six strong innings Sunday night time, main the Los Angeles Dodgers to a 14-4 rout of the New York Mets and a sweep of the three-game collection.

The Dodgers, who’ve gone 10-4 since buying Scherzer and Trea Turner from the Washington Nationals on July 30, path the NL West-leading San Francisco Giants by 4 video games. Los Angeles is six video games forward of the second wild card, the San Diego Padres.

Muncy homered within the second off Carlos Carrasco and within the sixth off Yennsy Diaz. In between, he flew out to the warning monitor in middle within the fourth in opposition to Jake Reed. The 2-homer recreation was the second of the season for Muncy, who went deep twice in opposition to the Colorado Rockies on July 17. It was the seventh multi-homer recreation of his profession.

Scherzer (10-4) took the mound with a 3-0 lead because of a two-run homer by former Mets utilityman Justin Turner and a solo shot by Will Smith, who homered in all three video games. The Dodgers doubled the lead within the second on an RBI double by Turner, instantly earlier than Muncy’s first homer.

Scherzer allowed two runs on 4 hits with two walks and 7 strikeouts. The Mets had no less than two runners on base in every of the primary 4 innings, however went 0 for 10 with runners in scoring place in opposition to Scherzer, who restricted the injury to run-scoring groundouts by Jeff McNeil within the third and Michael Conforto within the fourth.

Scherzer helped his trigger by lofting a sacrifice fly within the sixth.

The Mets, down 9-2 when Scherzer exited, scored twice within the seventh when Brandon Nimmo raced residence on a wild pitch and J.D. Davis, batting with the bases loaded, flew out to the wall in middle. However Edwin Uceta struck out Jonathan Villar. New York completed the collection 3 for 30 with runners in scoring place.

With the remnants of the gang of 31,205 chanting “Let’s go Dodgers,” Los Angeles scored 3 times within the eighth on a two-run single by Smith and an RBI double by Chris Taylor. The Dodgers scored twice within the ninth when Matt Beaty hit a two-run homer off Mets outfielder Brandon Drury. Fellow outfielder Kevin Pillar acquired the ultimate out.

Carrasco (0-1) gave up six runs on six hits and one stroll with three strikeouts over two innings.

A NIGHT OF FIRSTS

Scherzer’s sacrifice fly was the primary of his profession, in addition to his first RBI since Might 27, 2019. Within the eighth, reliever Edwin Uceta batted for himself and legged out an infield single for his first profession hit.

When Drury and Pillar mixed to throw the ninth, it marked the primary time the Mets have used two place gamers as pitchers in the identical recreation.

REED ALL ABOUT IT

Reed relieved Carrasco to start out the third and tossed three scoreless innings. He’s the sixtieth participant to look in a recreation this season for the Mets, extending the single-season franchise file. The earlier file was 56 gamers, set in 2018, The foremost league file is held by the 2019 Seattle Mariners, who used 67 gamers.

Reed additionally grew to become the sixth Reed to look in a recreation for the Mets, becoming a member of Darren (1990), Rick (1997-2001), Steve (2002), Jeremy (2009) and Addison (2015-17). Reed is tied for the fourth-most widespread Mets surname with Wilson, behind Johnson and Jones (eight) and Smith (seven).

TRAINER’S ROOM

Dodgers: 3B Justin Turner (left groin) returned to the beginning lineup for the primary time since Aug. 8. … LHP Clayton Kershaw (elbow) is scheduled to play catch Monday.

Mets: SS Francisco Lindor (proper indirect) swung from the proper aspect and made some diving stops whereas fielding grounders Sunday afternoon. Supervisor Luis Rojas mentioned Lindor will journey to the West Coast with the Mets and will both play a simulated recreation or start a rehab task through the highway journey. … RHP Noah Syndergaard (Tommy John surgical procedure) may quickly throw to batters.

UP NEXT

Dodgers: A bullpen recreation is deliberate Monday for the opener of a three-game collection in opposition to the visiting Pittsburgh Pirates. Roberts mentioned the Dodgers would possible make a pair strikes involving the pitching workers previous to Monday’s recreation.

Mets: LHP Wealthy Hill (6-4, 4.05 ERA) will begin the opener of a three-game collection on the NL West-leading San Francisco Giants.

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