Dodgers Blank Mets 4-0 on Wrobleski's 8 Strong Innings

LOS ANGELES (AP) Justin Wrobleski delivered a career-high eight innings of two-hit ball, and Andy Pages hit a three-run homer to lead the Los Angeles Dodgers to a 4-0 victory over the New York Mets on Monday night in the opener of a three-game series at Dodger Stadium.

The two-time defending World Series champion Dodgers improved to 12-4 with their eighth win in 10 games, maintaining a lead in the National League West. The Mets fell to 7-10, extending their losing streak to six games and dropping to last place in the NL East. New York was shut out for the fourth time this season and has scored just nine runs over its last six games, including none over the past 20 innings.

Wrobleski, a 25-year-old left-hander, earned the win to improve to 2-0. He retired the first 13 batters before Jorge Polanco singled with one out in the fifth inning. Francisco Alvarez then grounded into a double play to end the threat. Alvarez's single with two outs in the eighth was New York's only other hit off Wrobleski, who threw 90 pitches, 64 for strikes, with two strikeouts and no walks. Reliever Tanner Scott allowed a leadoff single to Marcus Semien in the ninth before Francisco Lindor grounded into a...