Mets swept by Dodgers after 8-2 loss as losing streak reaches eight games

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Mets swept by Dodgers after 8-2 loss as losing streak reaches eight games

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Mets swept by Dodgers after 8-2 loss as losing streak reaches eight games

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Mets swept by Dodgers after 8-2 loss as losing streak reaches eight games

(Kirby Lee-Imagn Images)

The Mets were swept by the Los Angeles Dodgers on Wednesday night following an 8-2 loss.

Here are the takeaways...

-- New York's struggling offense was once again stymied, this time by Shohei Ohtani who got the call after Yoshinobu Yamamoto held the Mets to one run over 7.2 innings on Tuesday night. Ohtani was similarly dominant over his six innings of work, striking out 10 and allowing a run on two hits and two walks.

-- The only Met to figure out Ohtani was MJ Melendez who got the start after getting called up from the minors earlier in the day for the injured Jared Young and who was making his team debut after being slotted into the lineup as the No. 8 hitter.

After Ohtani set down the first seven batters of the game, Melendez hit a double to the gap in left center field in his first at-bat for New York. He was stranded on second base after Ohtani struck out the next two. In his second at-bat, Melendez got the better of Ohtani again with another double, this one over the head of right fielder Kyle Tucker that bounced into the stands for a ground-rule double.

The hit drove in the Mets' first run of the night and ended a scoreless streak of 33 innings for Ohtani. It also put New York in business with runners on second and third and one out, however Tommy Pham struck out before Francisco Lindor lined out to end the inning with nothing else.

-- That inning could've gone much differently for the Mets, though, if not for a baserunning mistake by Francisco Alvarez. Alvarez led off the inning with a walk which brought up Carson Benge who served one into left field that Teoscar Hernandez trapped in his glove after making a sliding attempt for the ball. Instead of reaching second base on the play, Alvarez thought the ball was caught and went back to first base and was thrown out at second base on the force out.

Not only did Alvarez rob the Mets of a chance for a big inning there, he robbed Benge of a hit. Marcus Semien followed with a walk that would've loaded the bases with nobody out ahead of Melendez's ground-rule double. After letting Ohtani off the hook in the inning, the right-hander went back out the following inning and ended his night by striking out the side.

-- But Ohtani wasn't the only starting pitcher who had things going for him as Clay Holmes also had a good performance. The right-hander went five innings, allowing two earned runs on four hits, a walk and a HBP while striking out four. He also added a wild pitch.

Holmes' only blemish came in the second inning when he allowed a two-out double to Dalton Rushing before No. 8 hitter Hyeseong Kim hit a 2-1 sinker down the middle for a two-run home run. It was Kim's first homer of the season and his fourth career home run.

-- The Dodgers hit another home run in the sixth inning when Hernandez took Tobias Myers deep on the second pitch he threw to give Los Angeles a 3-1 lead. The wheels completely fell off for the Mets in the eighth inning when Devin Williams, who hadn't pitched in more than a week, came in for a non-save opportunity.

Williams loaded the bases following two singles and a walk before Rushing unloaded on the first pitch he saw for a grand slam. It was the first runs allowed by Williams this season as the closer lasted just 0.1 innings and saw his ERA skyrocket to 6.75. The Dodgers added a solo shot by Kyle Tucker off Austin Warren, recalled from the minors on Tuesday, for good measure.

-- The Mets mustered just five hits, two of which came in the ninth that resulted in a run. One of the five hits was a one-hop double to the opposite field by Benge who is starting to look better at the plate. Still, New York went 2-for-10 with RISP and have now lost eight in a row while scoring 12 runs (six in one game) during that time.

Game MVP: Shohei Ohtani

The Mets were able to push across a run to end his scoreless streak, but Ohtani was masterful and in control all night.

Highlights

What's next

The Mets travel to Wrigley Field to take on the Chicago Cubs for a three-game series starting on Friday afternoon with first pitch scheduled for 2:20 p.m.

RHP Kodai Senga (0-2, 7.07 ERA) takes on RHP Edward Cabrera (1-0, 1.62 ERA).