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Mets RHP Tylor Megill (Photo Credits to Gary A. Vasquez-Imagn Images)
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The New York Mets lost to the Los Angeles Dodgers 6-5 in 10 innings tonight at Dodger Stadium to snap their four-game winning streak and dropped their record to 38-23.
RHP Tylor Megill got off to a tough start in the bottom of the first after he gave up a one-out single to SS Mookie Betts and a RBI double to the following hitter 1B Freddie Freeman who reached third on an error by 2B Jeff McNeil.
Megill then walked RF Teoscar Hernandez and gave up a RBI ground-out to catcher Will Smith.
Megill gave up a two-run homer to the following hitter 1B Max Muncy.
Megill was able to settle in after that and dominated the rest of the way to keep his team in the game retiring 16 out of the 17 hitters he faced.
His final line was six innings, four runs, one walk and seven strikeouts.
LHP Brandon Waddell followed with a scoreless bottom of the seventh.
RHP Reed Garrett came in next in the bottom of the eighth and worked out his way out of a jam after he had runners on second and third and no out due to a walk by DH Shohei Ohtani, Betts single and passed ball.
Garrett came back to strike out Freeman, retired Hernandez on a ground-out to third which got Ohtani thrown out in a rundown, and then struck out Smith to end the inning.
RHP Huascar Brazoban came on in the bottom of the ninth for the save and got into immediate trouble after he gave up game-tying homer to Muncy, but came back to strike out the next three hitters he faced.
RHP Jose Butto came on in the bottom of the tenth and after walked Ohtani intentionally, retired Betts on a line-out to left and then gave up a walk-off double to Freeman to left field on a ball that LF Brandon Nimmo should have caught.
The Met offense got off to a fast start in the top of the first after DH Starling Marte singled with one out and then advanced to second on a wild pitch.
Two batters later, 1B Pete Alonso drove in Marte with a RBI single.
After a scoreless top of the second, SS Francisco Lindor singled to lead off the top of the third and two batters later, RF Juan Soto hit a two-run homer.
In the top of the fifth, Lindor walked with one out and then Marte grounded into a fielder's choice and Lindor reached second on an error by Muncy.
Two batters later, Alonso drove in tying run with a RBI double and Nimmo reached on an infield hit which brought home a run.
The Met offense was unable to score any more runs after that wasting scoring opportunities wasting scoring opportunities going 4-11 with runners in scoring position leaving seven runners on base.
The Mets next game is tomorrow night, Wednesday, June 4 at the Dodgers at 10:10 p.m.