NEW YORK—Freddie Freeman hit a two-run home run in the 10th inning, and the Los Angeles Dodgers snapped a five-game losing streak by defeating the New York Mets 5–2 on Tuesday, May 28, in the opener of a doubleheader.
Los Angeles trailed 2–0 before Freeman hit an RBI single in the eighth and Chris Taylor drove in Teoscar Hernández with a well-placed bunt in the ninth against Adam Ottavino.
Mookie Betts opened the 10th with an RBI single against Jorge López, driving in automatic runner Andy Pages. After Shohei Ohtani struck out swinging, Freeman hit a drive to right for his sixth homer.
Daniel Hudson (2–1) got the win, escaping a bases-loaded, one-out jam in the ninth. Blake Treinen pitched a perfect 10th for his first save since 2021.
Los Angeles’ five-game slide was the team’s longest losing streak since it dropped six in a row in April 2019.
New York wasted a stellar performance by Tylor Megill, who struck out nine while pitching seven innings of three-hit ball. The Mets have dropped six of their past seven games.
Megill got some help when center fielder Tyrone Taylor made a home run-saving play in the second. Taylor brought back Hernández’s deep drive from over the fence, but he lost the ball as he landed. Hernández settled for a double.
Francisco Lindor snapped a lengthy drought with a two-run homer in the third for the Mets.
Lindor’s drive, in his second at-bat after changing his walk-up music to The Temptations’ “My Girl,” was his first homer since May 10. He hit just .197 in 66 at-bats between round-trippers, though he entered Tuesday with four multi-hit efforts in his previous seven games.
Dodgers right-hander Tyler Glasnow struck out eight in seven innings. He walked four and allowed two hits.
Ohtani went 0 for 5 in his first game at Citi Field since signing with Los Angeles in December. He was cheered in each of his first three plate appearances before hearing scattered boos from a late-arriving crowd to the single-admission doubleheader in the eighth and 10th innings.
Trainer’s Room
Dodgers: Second baseman Max Muncy (right oblique), who was placed on the injured list May 17, is no longer swinging a bat in Arizona. ... Right-hander Evan Phillips (right hamstring) is expected to make one more rehab appearance before returning to the Dodgers on Friday.Mets: Catcher Francisco Alvarez (left thumb) is scheduled to begin a rehab assignment Thursday with Double-A Binghamton, N.Y. Alvarez was expected to miss six to eight weeks when he underwent surgery April 23. ... Right-hander Kodai Senga (shoulder) played catch Tuesday, four days after he received a cortisone shot.
