The Los Angeles Dodgers suffered their fifth loss in six games, 6-4 at the hands of the New York Mets on Saturday.
Said Muncy after the Dodgers’ loss, “It’s one of those things where you have to weather the storm, grind through it, and know that in the end we’re going to be just fine.
The Dodgers’ struggles at the plate continued as they lost for the seventh time in nine games. They went 2 for 12 with runners in scoring position and stranded 13. They’ve lost three straight series for the first time since June, and three straight series at home for the first time since August 2018.
The Dodgers had tied the game 2-2 in the fifth when Muncy’s sacrifice fly brought in Shohei Ohtani.
But the Mets took advantage of mistakes by two Dodgers relievers to take a 5-2 lead on Starling Marte’s 432-foot home run that landed on a screen extending from the batter’s eye beyond the center field fence.
The Dodgers pulled within one run on Freddie Freeman’s two-run single in the sixth but missed on two other big scoring chances. Mets pitcher Drew Smith struck Ohtani out with the bases loaded just ahead of Freeman. With the bases loaded again, Muncy grounded to first baseman Pete Alonso, who gloved the ball near the edge of the outfield grass, dashed in and dove to tag first base for the third out.
