Dodgers beat Mets in extra innings, end 5-game losing streak

NEW YORK — After a disappointing weekend in Cincinnati in which they were swept by the Reds, the Dodgers were eager to turn the page against the Mets.

Through seven innings, the offense was unable to get anything going against Mets right-hander Tylor Megill. But as they’ve done time and time again in the past, the Dodgers found a way to make timely plays en route to a 5-2 comeback win over the Mets in 10 innings in the first game of Tuesday’s traditional doubleheader at Citi Field.

For days, the bottom of the Dodgers’ lineup has been a hot topic of conversation. It’s a group that has struggled for most of the season, especially during the recent five-game losing skid. Before a Jason Heyward single in the eighth, the six-through-nine hitters in the Dodgers’ lineup hadn’t recorded a hit since Friday against the Reds.

But with the Dodgers down a run going into the ninth, Teoscar Hernández, Gavin Lux and Chris Taylor found a way to tie the game up at 2 against right-hander Adam Ottavino. Hernández and Lux opened the frame with back-to-back two-strike singles. Taylor, who has had a nightmare start to the season, then delivered a perfect bunt to get the tying run across.

In the 10th, the Dodgers flexed their star power, as Mookie Betts singled in the go-ahead run on the first pitch he saw. Freddie Freeman then tacked on with a pair of insurance runs, hitting a no-doubt two-run homer to give the Dodgers a three-run lead.