Gonsolin pitches the first six scoreless innings as the Dodgers hold the Mets to just three hits and win the opener of a four-game series between the National League’s two best teams.
LOS ANGELES — Mets shortstop Francisco Lindor couldn’t play Thursday night because he slammed his right hand in his hotel room door.Gonsolin held the Mets scoreless for the first six innings of a combined shutout as the Dodgers took the first game of a four-game East-meets-West matchup of the National League’s two best teams, beating the New York Mets, 2-0, Thursday night.
The Dodgers and Mets came into the series 1-2 in MLB in runs scored. The Mets lead the majors in batting average, hits and on-base percentage. The Dodgers lead in slugging percentage and OPS as well as runs scored. Mookie Betts certainly lived up to the advanced billing. He was 2 for 4 Thursday, his eighth multi-hit game in his past 12 starts. After batting .342 in May , he has continued his spring fling, starting June with five hits in his first nine at-bats.
Betts led off the bottom of the first with a single, stole second and went to third on a fly out but was stranded there. The Dodgers stranded Gavin Lux at third in the third inning as well after he led off with a single, stole second and moved up on a ground out by Freddie Freeman .
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