It wasn’t a night for starting pitching in Los Angeles. With Walker Buehler having gotten the nod for the Dodgers opposite the Mets’ David Peterson, both teams’ lineups forced the starters out of the game fairly early.
Francisco Lindor got the scoring started on the night with a solo shot in the top of the first, but the Dodgers didn’t take too long to respond. They scored their first run of the night in the second inning on a fielder’s choice ground ball to first base that could have been a double play but was instead a Pete Alonso error that resulted in no outs.