Kevin Plawecki drove in the go-ahead run with a sacrifice fly in the ninth inning, rookie Noah Snydergaard dueled reigning NL MVP Clayton Kershaw on even terms, and the New York Mets beat the Los Angeles Dodgers 2-1 on Friday night.
Lucas Duda blooped a double just inside the left field line leading off the ninth against Dodgers closer Kenley Jansen (2-1). Wilmer Flores followed with a single that bounced off Jansen’s glove as the right-hander tried to backhand the ball. Duda then scored on Plawecki’s fly out to center field.
Hansel Robles (2-2) pitched two scoreless innings for the victory and Jeurys Familia pitched a perfect ninth for his 22nd save in 24 chances.
Snydergaard remained winless in five starts on the road despite allowing one run and just two hits over six innings with six strikeouts and two walks.
NEW YORK LOS ANGELES
ab r h bi ab r h bi
Granderson rf 3 0 0 0 Pederson cf 4 0 0 0
Lagares cf 4 0 0 0 H.Kendrick 2b 4 0 0 0
Dan.Murphy 3b 4 0 0 0 Ju.Turner 3b 3 0 1 0
Mayberry Jr. lf 3 1 1 0 A.Gonzalez 1b 4 1 1 1
Duda 1b 4 1 1 0 Puig rf 4 0 0 0
W.Flores 2b 4 0 3 1 Ethier lf 4 0 1 0
Plawecki c 3 0 0 1 Grandal c 2 0 0 0
Tejada ss 4 0 2 0 Rollins ss 3 0 0 0
Syndergaard p 2 0 0 0 Kershaw p 2 0 0 0
Cuddyer ph 1 0 0 0 Guerrero ph 1 0 0 0
Robles p 0 0 0 0 Baez p 0 0 0 0
Ceciliani ph 1 0 0 0 Jansen p 0 0 0 0
Familia p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 2 7 2 Totals 31 1 3 1
New York 000 100 001—2
Los Angeles 010 000 000—1
E—Syndergaard (2). LOB—New York 7, Los Angeles 5. 2B—Mayberry Jr. (5), Duda (21), Ju.Turner (14). HR—A.Gonzalez (14). SB—h.Kendrick (3). SF—Plawecki.
IP H R ER BB SO
New York
Syndergaard 6 2 1 1 2 6
Robles W,2-2 2 1 0 0 0 3
Familia S,22-24 1 0 0 0 0 1
Los Angeles
Kershaw 7 5 1 1 2 7
Baez 1 0 0 0 0 1
Jansen L,2-1 1 2 1 1 0 2
WP—Kershaw.
Umpires—Home, Dan Bellino; First, Ryan Blakney; Second, Alfonso Marquez; Third, Mike Everitt.
T—3:00. A—52,570 (56,000).
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