Trea Turner collected two hits and added a stolen base and an RBI on Thursday, leading the Los Angeles Dodgers to a 4-1 victory over the visiting New York Mets in the opener of a four-game series.
Turner, who was acquired from the Washington Nationals at the July 30 trade deadline, has helped his new club to 11 victories in their past 12 games, a run that started one day after he made his Los Angeles debut. The Dodgers have won seven consecutive games.
Seven Los Angeles pitchers combined to shut down the Mets in the Dodgers’ third bullpen game over the past four contests, all victories. Los Angeles has won all four games it has played against New York this season.
J.D. Davis had an RBI double for the Mets, while right-hander Taijuan Walker (7-8) gave up four runs on six hits over six innings. New York has lost six of its past seven games, all since the start of a run of 13 consecutive games against the Dodgers and San Francisco Giants, the teams with the two best records in the majors.
The Dodgers took a 2-0 lead in the second inning on a pair of run-scoring groundouts. Corey Seager walked and Will Smith doubled to put runners on second and third. AJ Pollock hit the first RBI grounder, and Chris Taylor followed one batter later with another.
The Mets cut the deficit to 2-1 in the fourth inning. Pete Alonso led off with a single and Davis hit his run-scoring double into the left field corner.
The Dodgers opened their lead in the fifth inning. Billy McKinney contributed a pinch-hit RBI double, while Turner followed with a ground-ball single to center to score McKinney.
Right-hander Corey Knebel started the game for the Dodgers and went one scoreless inning. He was followed by right-hander Evan Phillips (1-0), who gave up one run in 2 1/3 innings and earned the win in his Dodgers debut.
From there, Los Angeles received scoreless outings from Victor Gonzalez (1 2/3 innings), Phil Bickford (one inning), Brusdar Graterol (one inning), Alex Vesia (one inning) and Blake Treinen (one inning), with Treinen striking out the side to earn his fourth save.
Dodgers pitchers combined to yield one run on six hits with no walks and seven strikeouts.
–Field Level Media