Starting a four-game series against the Mets, the Dodgers were engaged in a bit of a surprising pitching duel between Dustin May and Paul Blackburn. It was the Mets who got the early advantage, and they rode that until the end, where the Dodgers rallied to tie things up and send it into extras. Unfortunately that meant Tanner Scott entered, and he got blown up for a pair of runs that sent them to a 4-3 loss.
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The game had barely started for Dustin May when Francisco Lindor homered on the second pitch he faced to put the Mets in front 1-0 right away.
Lindor. Launched. ?@Lindor12BC | #LGM pic.twitter.com/2kdJkECW5o
— New York Mets (@Mets) June 3, 2025
A walk followed and it looked like more early trouble was on its way, but May settled down by getting a double play, part of retiring nine in a row into the 4th, where a one-out double broke the streak. Thankfully, after hitting a batter he managed to work around the traffic.
Unfortunately, he couldn’t do the same in the 5th, as May surrendered back-to-back one-out singles, then gave up a two-out double to Brandon Nimmo that fortunately bounced over the fence so it only scored one to make it 2-0 Mets.
Nimmo adds on! ?@You_Found_Nimmo | #LGM pic.twitter.com/QAVPUpIMya
— New York Mets (@Mets) June 3, 2025
After an intentional walk to load the bases, May did escape disaster and kept the team in it by securing the final out. He continued in the 6th, giving up only a “single” that was more an error, as he continued to eat valuable innings: 6 IP, 6 H, 2 R, 2 BB, 5 K, 88 Pitches.
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With the lineup coming off a quiet day yesterday, they looked to get right against Paul Blackburn coming off the IL, who has historically been a back-end starter. Well, he shut them out.
They wasted a two-out single in the 1st, a lead-off walk in the 2nd was erased by a double play, and a lead-off single in the 4th. They got a break in the 5th when Tommy Edman reached on a one-out error and Hyeseong Kim turned the lineup over with a two-out single, but Shohei Ohtani continued to get dominated by PAUL BLACKBURN, as after two earlier strikeouts he then grounded out softly to second on a 3-1 count. Joy.
Blackburn’s only clean frame was the 3rd, but he did what the Mets needed and what the Dodgers could not afford.
Getting dominated by “Paul Blackburn” in his first start off the IL.
— Chad Moriyama (@chadmoriyama.bsky.social) June 2, 2025 at 5:16 PM
The Dodgers seemed like they had a chance against the Mets pen, as a one-out Freddie Freeman single was followed by Andy Pages just missing a game-tying homer to center, and then back-to-back walks to Max Muncy and Michael Conforto loaded the bases. For whatever reason, Edman expanded the zone, striking out.
Big K for Brazo 😤 pic.twitter.com/1J0dt4vEaI
— New York Mets (@Mets) June 3, 2025
That was really the big chance.
It’s possible the no-swing strategy might’ve led to the lead that inning.
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— Chad Moriyama (@chadmoriyama.bsky.social) June 2, 2025 at 6:06 PM
They did things the easy way in the 8th, as Shohei simply hit his 23rd dong of the year to cut the lead to 2-1 Mets.
Shohei knew. ? pic.twitter.com/MIrgADWlzB
— Los Angeles Dodgers (@Dodgers) June 3, 2025
For the Dodgers pen, it was Jack Dreyer in the 7th, and all he did was retire all six batters he faced on just 15 pitches, lowering his season ERA to 2.78. Lou Trivino followed in the 9th and got a 1-2-3 frame of his own, as the non-“closer” part of the pen closed well.
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Of course, that doesn’t matter much unless the team can score. They got just a one-out single in the 8th, but in the 9th they rallied behind an Edman single and stolen base, a one-out Kim infield single, and an Ohtani sac fly to tie things at 2-2.
Tie game! pic.twitter.com/ZrA4DLmb2d
— Los Angeles Dodgers (@Dodgers) June 3, 2025
After Kim stole second, the rally ended there and sent things into extras.
Bonus baseball?
That unfortunately meant Tanner Scott entered the game, and he immediately struggled, giving up a ringing double for a run, and then a single down the line for another to make it 4-2.
Alvy cashes in! 😈 pic.twitter.com/qCLCAlQ6ZG
— New York Mets (@Mets) June 3, 2025
And now Lindor! 💪@Lindor12BC | #LGM pic.twitter.com/MwFueEh6lK
— New York Mets (@Mets) June 3, 2025
He did “rebound” by allowing just a steal and a walk the rest of the inning, but that really put them in trouble.
In the bottom of the inning, the Dodgers rallied themselves, as Freddie walked and Pages singled to score Teoscar Hernandez as the Manfred Runner and still keep a pair on.
But two key outs followed, which set the stage for the bobblehead man in Edman, who hit a comebacker to end it.
Whomp whomp.
During this stretch, they basically just need to avoid long losing streaks. Dropping games like this where the bats go quiet against a career 4.5 guy and the “closer” blows again is not ideal.
— Chad Moriyama (@chadmoriyama.bsky.social) June 2, 2025 at 7:18 PM
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Umpire takes a headshot.
Throw back in bounces off umpire’s head. pic.twitter.com/S0acI56FMu
— Chad Moriyama (@ChadMoriyama) June 3, 2025
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The series continues tomorrow, once again on national television, this time for TBS at 4:10 PM HT/7:10 PM PT/10:10 PM ET. It’ll be Clayton Kershaw looking to keep his momentum rolling against the apparent breakout season of Tylor Megill.
