Sasaki, Tucker Lift Dodgers to 4-2 Win at Citi Field

Sasaki’s seven-inning outing steadied his season, setting up Yoshinobu Yamamoto to start the next game for Los Angeles.

Overview

Roki Sasaki struck out nine over seven innings on July 24, allowed one run on three hits, walked two and improved his record to 4-5.
Los Angeles tied the game on a Miguel Rojas sacrifice fly and took a 2-1 lead in the seventh when Shohei Ohtani drove in a run.
Kyle Tucker delivered a two-run homer in the eighth that pushed the lead to 4-1 and provided the decisive margin.
Evan Phillips allowed a solo homer to Francisco Álvarez in the eighth but Tanner Scott finished with a scoreless ninth for his 16th save.
The Mets’ offense otherwise produced solo shots from Luis Robert Jr. and Álvarez while the win gave the Dodgers the series opener and left them set to start Yoshinobu Yamamoto against Nolan McLean in the next game.