Saturday, May 24, 2025
Copyrighted by Sarah Morris, 2025
After a 13-inning marathon with a long rain delay, the Los Angeles Dodgers lost to the New York Mets 5-to-2 on a cool Saturday night at Citi Field. Tony Gonsolin couldn’t give the Dodgers what his team needed. The Dodgers scored only two runs in the second against lefthanded David Peterson. The Dodgers still lead the San Francisco Giants by 2 games in the Western Division.
Gonsolin was coming off a rough start against the Los Angeles Angels. His injured thumb that affected his last start had healed, but his velocity and command were inconsistent. The Dodgers needed Gonsolin to go at least six innings, but he couldn’t due to his high pitch count. Luckily, Anthony Banda and Bobby Miller could cover the last three innings.
In the Mets’ series, the Dodgers’ defense has been great. It has prevented many runs from scoring and helped the weary, injured pitching staff conserve pitches. The Dodgers must continue playing spectacular defense through the next 24 difficult games.
The Dodgers didn’t do anything offensively in the first.
Tony Gonsolin must go deep in the game after Friday’s 13-inning game. With an out in the first, Gonsolin walked a hitter. He pitched a scoreless inning.
Andy Pages singled with an out in the second. Tommy Edman was plunked by a pitch. Kiké Hernández singled in Pages and moved Edman to third. On a ground out, Edman scored. The Dodgers didn’t score any more.
With two outs in the second, Gonsolin plunked a batter. He allowed a single, moving the runner to second. Another single scored a run and moved the runner to third. Gonsolin escaped from the jam.
Teoscar Hernández doubled with two outs in the third but didn’t score.
With an out in the third, Gonsolin allowed two singles to put the runners at the corners. A double play helped Gonsolin get out of the inning scorelessly.
With an out in the fourth, Edman walked but was erased on a double play hit into by Kiké Hernández.
To start the fourth, Gonsolin allowed a single and issued a walk with two outs. He walked Francisco Lindor to load the bases. On an infield single, the Mets tied the score. Juan Soto had a two-run double, but a runner was thrown out at the plate to end the game.
The Dodgers went down in order in the fifth.
Gonsolin continued pitching in the fifth with 80 pitches. He was perfect.
Mookie Betts had a lead-off single in the sixth but was erased on a double play hit into by Teoscar Hernández. The Dodgers didn’t do anything offensively.
Anthony Banda relieved Gonsolin in the sixth. He issued a walk to start the inning and allowed an infield single. Banda escaped from the jam scorelessly.
Pages opened the seventh with a single but was erased on a force play by Edman. Kiké Hernández hit into a double play to end the inning.
Bobby Miller relieved Banda in the seventh. With an out, Miller allowed a single and picked off the runner. He faced the minimum.
With an out in the eighth, Miguel Rojas walked, and Hyeseong Kim pinch ran for Rojas. Kim stole second. Betts struck out to end the inning.
Miller continued pitching in the eighth and allowed a lead-off single. He hit a batter. He allowed a run-scoring double. The Mets hit into a forced play at the plate but loaded the bases. He ended the inning.
