LOS ANGELES — Nolan McLean’s misfortune Tuesday night was facing a fellow Cy Young-level pitcher without much offensive support, as the Mets lineup struggles.
Yoshinobu Yamamoto matched McLean jab for jab before Brooks Raley dented in the eighth, allowing an RBI single to Kyle Tucker that sent the Mets to their seventh straight loss, 2-1 to the Dodgers at Chavez Ravine.
Tucker, whom the Mets pursued last winter in free agency before he landed in Hollywood on a $240 million contract over four years, delivered a bloop to left for the go-ahead hit after Raley had walked pinch hitter Miguel Rojas to begin the inning.
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