Dodgers Recap: Dodgers Beat Mets in Extras, Avoid 3rd Consecutive Loss

CHAVEZ RAVINE — Freddie Freeman walk-off extra base-hit in the bottom of the tenth against a New York team, anyone? Oh, the memories! Tuesday night, taught us a lot about the 2025 Los Angeles Dodgers, and the resiliency of those on it as the Dodgers blow an early lead, then come from behind to take a 6-5 win from the New York Mets.

For the third straight contest, the Dodgers got to the bottom of the first inning trailing 1-0. But unlike Sunday and Monday, Los Angeles responded. With one out, Mookie Betts lined a hard-hit ball to right-center field for his first hit since he fractured his toe, and Freddie Freeman brought him in with an triple into the right-field corner. Will Smith produced an RBI groundout, and Max Muncy parked a 95-mile-per-hour fastball into the right-field pavilion to give the Dodgers a four-spot in the first.

But with Clayton Kershaw struggling, the Mets fought back. Juan Soto‘s two-run moonshot off of Kershaw in the bottom of the third had a lot of us thinking about 2019 NLDS Game 5, and in the fifth, after an error from Max Muncy, both Pete Alonso and Brandon Nimmo had RBI hits to give New York the lead. Meanwhile, the Dodgers, who looked like they might chase Tylor Megill from the game after the first inning, mustered only one hit off him after that. Megill went six strong inning. After that, Brandon Waddell produced a scoreless seventh.

In the bottom of the eighth trailing 5-4, the Dodgers were in prime position to take the lead. They had Shohei Ohtani on third and Betts on second with nobody out. But Freddie Freeman struck out against righty reliever Reed Garrett, Teoscar Hernandez bounced out, and Smith, who’s statistically the best hitter in baseball this year with runners in scoring position, couldn’t come through, striking out on a sweeper out of the strike zone. It was a terrific Houdini act from Garrett, and it looked like he’d saved the game for the Mets.

But in the bottom of the ninth, with Edwin Diaz unavailable, Carlos Mendoza turned to Huascar Brazoban. And Max Muncy took advantage. He smashed a majestic blast to right field to tie the game, making up for his error back in the fifth inning. The Dodgers, however, failed to score again in the inning, sending the game into extras. And with the struggling Tanner Scott warming for the tenth, it looked like it might be a recipe for failure all too familiar for these Dodgers.

Until it didn’t. Scott came on and was brilliant. He struck out both Soto and Alonso, and induced a grounder from Nimmo for the third out. His slider was deceptive and the fastball was well-located. It was arguably Scott’s best outing of the year, and it gave the Dodgers a prime opportunity to win it in the tenth.

And win it they did. After an intentional pass to Shohei and a lineout from Mookie, Freddie Freem dug in with two on and one out. Freeman sent a high drive to left field that bounced off the base of the wall, scoring Tommy Edman. It’s a victory the Dodgers desperately needed, especially in the ever-competitive National League West.

Wednesday night, it’ll be a rematch of the pitching matchup between these two teams about ten days ago, with Griffin Canning on the bump for the Mets and Tony Gonsolin taking the hill for the Dodgers at 7:10 PM Pacific. They’ll conclude the series with New York on Thursday afternoon, before traveling to St. Louis to face the fading Cardinals.

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