The Dodgers left Citi Field with the series in hand on Saturday night, and they did it behind another strong outing from Yoshinobu Yamamoto and a power surge from Kyle Tucker. Los Angeles now has a shot to complete the sweep in Sunday’s finale.
The game also came with a little extra visual flair: both clubs wore alternate uniforms, while the Dodgers paired theirs with a Brooklyn hat for Hall of Fame Weekend. The Baseball Hall of Fame class of 2026 will be inducted on Sunday in Cooperstown.
Yamamoto was good enough to keep the Dodgers on track, even if he didn’t have his cleanest stuff. The right-hander worked six innings and gave up one run while striking out five, but he also issued three walks. That was only the third time in his 19 starts this season that he walked more than two batters.
He scattered five hits, and the damage came in clusters. The Mets put two on him in the first inning, but he escaped that jam. They finally broke through in the fifth, when Yamamoto gave up two singles to open the frame and then an RBI single after getting two outs.
Even with the command a little off, Yamamoto still logged his 12th start of the year of at least six innings with two runs or fewer allowed.
The Dodgers’ offense gave him room to work early. Tucker put them on the board in the third with a solo homer, and after going deep on Friday too, he became the first player this season to homer in back-to-back days.
Los Angeles kept piling on in that same inning. Dalton Rushing singled, Shohei Ohtani reached on a fielder’s choice and an error, and Andy Pages grounded into a forceout that pushed the lead to 2-0. Freddie Freeman then singled, and another Mets mistake let Pages score on a passed ball.
Freeman ended up 3-for-4 and raised his average to .299.
The Dodgers tacked on another run in the fifth. Teoscar Hernández led off with a double, Pages followed with a single, and Hernández scored for Pages’ second RBI of the day.
The bullpen made things far more stressful than it needed to be, but it still got the job done. Alex Vesia handled a scoreless seventh, then Edgardo Henriquez and Tanner Scott combined to survive a wild eighth.
Henriquez hit the first batter he faced and walked the next before settling in with two strikeouts. Scott then came on in what looked like a four-out save chance, but he gave up a double that brought in both runs and cut the Dodgers’ lead to one. After an intentional walk, he struck out the next hitter to leave the tying run in scoring position.
Brock Stewart took over for the ninth instead of Scott, and he closed it out by striking out the first and last batters he faced. It was Stewart’s first save as a Dodger since 2017 and just the third save of his career. His previous save came in 2023 with the Minnesota Twins.
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