The New York Mets enjoyed their first game at Dodger Stadium since defeating the Los Angeles Dodgers in Game 5 of the 2015 National League Division Series by taking the opener of a four-game set. The Dodgers looked to rebound Tuesday night behind Alex Wood, who was opposed by Jacob deGrom.
Juan Lagares led off the game with a line drive to right field, but was robbed of a base hit by a Yasiel Puig diving catch. It was the second consecutive night Puig took a hit away from Lagares. Wood went on to end a 1-2-3 first inning with a strikeout of David Wright.
Chase Utley lined a leadoff double to the left-center field gap, and Corey Seager followed suit to give the Dodgers an early 1-0 lead. Seager advanced to third base on a Justin Turner grounder, then scored on Adrian Gonzalez’s sacrifice fly.
The Mets answered in the top of the second as consecutive singles and an error by Utley cut the Dodgers’ lead to 2-1. Kevin Plawecki then hit an RBI single tying the game with no outs in the inning. Wood managed to limit the damage by retiring the next three hitters he faced.
Another left-handed hitter doubled to left-center off deGrom to begin the bottom of the second, with Joc Pederson joining doing the honors. However, Pederson was stranded as deGrom worked his way out of the inning on a groundout and two strikeouts.
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