The Mets dropped the series opener to the Dodgers 7-5 in 13 innings on a very cool and rainy Friday night at Citi Field. Tonight’s contest not only featured a one hour and 38 minute rain delay, there were also multiple plays I have never seen in a baseball game before (derogatory).
The game started out uneventfully enough. Both starting pitchers worked around a walk in the first inning. The Mets were able to erase a one-out walk by Mookie Betts on one of Francisco Alvarez’s patented back-pick throws to first base. Clayton Kershaw struggled to find the strike zone early in his second start back and issued a four-pitch walk to Francisco Lindor to lead off the bottom of the first, but Starling Marte flew out and then Juan Soto grounded into a double play to end the inning.