Justin Wrobleski pitched eight scoreless innings and Andy Pages hit a three-run homer as the Los Angeles Dodgers opened a three-game home series with a 4-0 victory over the New York Mets on Monday.
Wrobleski (2-0) did not allow a hit until Jorge Polanco singled to right field with one out in the fifth. The left-hander gave up two hits with no walks and two strikeouts.
Miguel Rojas had three hits for the Dodgers. Shohei Ohtani went 0-for-4 but extended his on-base streak to 47 games, tying the second-longest run in the club’s Los Angeles history.
Leading off the first inning, Ohtani was hit in the right shoulder by a 94 mph sinker from New York left-hander David Peterson but remained in the game. Ohtani is scheduled to pitch on Wednesday.
Peterson (0-3) gave up four runs on five hits over five innings with four walks and seven strikeouts. New York managed just three singles while extending its losing streak to a season-high six games at the start of a six-game road trip.
In his first game of the season for the Mets after signing a minor league deal late in the spring, Tommy Pham went 0-for-3 with a strikeout.
The Dodgers threatened to blow the game open early. Ohtani was hit by Peterson’s third pitch before Kyle Tucker walked and Will Smith followed with an RBI single. Teoscar Hernandez walked to load the bases before Peterson responded with consecutive strikeouts of Freddie Freeman, Pages and Max Muncy.
In the third inning, Tucker and Hernandez walked in front of Pages’ two-out, three-run homer down the left field line. It was the fifth of the season for Pages, who leads the major leagues in batting average (.417) and hits (25). He now leads with 20 RBIs.
