Dodgers hold off Mets 3-2 to extend win streak to eight

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Walker Buehler pitched two-run ball into the eighth inning and the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the New York Mets 3-2 Friday night for their eighth straight win.

Buehler (13-2) struck out eight and allowed six hits over 7 2/3 innings as Los Angeles improved to 5-0 against the Mets over the past eight days, including a three-game sweep in New York last weekend.

Trea Turner had two hits and two runs. It was the fourth multi-hit game for Turner over his last five starts.

Pete Alonso hit his 27th home run and had an RBI infield single in the eighth, but the Mets lost for the seventh time in their last eight games. The rough spell has come at the start of a 13-game stretch against the San Francisco Giants and Dodgers, the teams with the two best records in baseball.

The Dodgers got off to a fast start as Turner doubled before going to third base on a fly ball from Max Muncy. He scored on Justin Turner’s groundout to shortstop three batters into the game.

Trea Turner started another Dodgers scoring opportunity in the third inning. His one-out single to center was followed by Muncy’s RBI double to right. After Justin Turner walked, Corey Seager rolled an RBI single to center for a 3-0 advantage.

Buehler had given up just a single while hitting a batter through the first three innings before Alonso ripped a line-drive home run to right-center to cut the Dodgers’ advantage to 3-1.

The Mets closed within a run in the eighth. Patrick Mazeika led off with a single against Buehler and Brandon Nimmo followed with a one-out single. The runners moved to second and third on Buehler's wild pitch before Jeff McNeil struck out looking on a pitch that appeared to be inside.

Mazeika was able to score and cut the deficit to 3-2 on a slow dribbler halfway down the third-base...

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