Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE | RECAP
NY Mets 5, LA Dodgers 4
When: 7:10 PM ET, Wednesday, July 8, 2009
Where: Citi Field, New York City, New York
Temperature: 76°
Umpires: Home - Wally Bell, 1B - Marty Foster, 2B - Chad Fairchild, 3B - John Hirschbeck
Attendance: 40027
Where: Citi Field, New York City, New York
Temperature: 76°
Umpires: Home - Wally Bell, 1B - Marty Foster, 2B - Chad Fairchild, 3B - John Hirschbeck
Attendance: 40027
Final Scoring Summary
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | X | R | H | E |
| LA Dodgers | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 1 |
| NY Mets | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 0 |
Team Records
| Team | W/L | Home | Away | Streak |
| LA Dodgers | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | L1 |
| NY Mets | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | W1 |
Recap Quick Hits
- With this win, the New York Mets have a 0-0 record at home this season. The Los Angeles Dodgers have a 0-0 record on the road.
- NY Mets has a streak of 1 straight up win. The Mets have won 0 of their last 10 games.
- LA Dodgers has a streak of 1 straight up loss. The Dodgers have won 0 of their last 10 games.
- Oliver Perez pitched 5.0 innings for the win and now has an ERA of 0.00. Francisco Rodriguez closed out the game to get the save and has 0 saves for the season. Hiroki Kuroda took the loss for LA Dodgers.
- Manny Ramirez had the only homerun for LA Dodgers.
Top Game Performances
Starting Pitchers
| LA Dodgers | NY Mets | |
| Hiroki Kuroda | Player | Oliver Perez |
| Loss | W/L | Win |
| 4.1 | IP | 5.0 |
| 1 | Strikeouts | 2 |
| 8 | Hits | 4 |
| 8.31 | ERA | 3.60 |
Hitting
| LA Dodgers | NY Mets | |
| Matt Kemp | Player | Jeremy Reed |
| 3 | Hits | 2 |
| 0 | RBI | 1 |
| 0 | HR | 0 |
| 5 | TB | 3 |
| 1.000 | Avg | .667 |
Team Stats Summary
| Team | Hits | HR | TB | Avg | LOB | K | RBI | BB | SB | Errors |
| LA Dodgers | 9 | 1 | 14 | .281 | 22 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 0 | 1 |
| NY Mets | 9 | 0 | 12 | .265 | 17 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 |