With Friday's 3-1 defeat, New York dropped below Washington into last place in the NL East.
-- Shohei Ohtani doubled to key a two-run third inning, leading the Angels to a 3-1 win over the
A crowd of 38,271 turned out on Japanese Heritage Night at Citi Field and greeted Ohtani with a warm ovation in the first. Ohtani, facing countryman Kodai Senga, made a tipping motion towards the Mets' dugout and toward Senga before drawing a four-pitch walk. Ohtani walked on five pitches in the fifth and grounded out leading off the eighth before being intentionally walked with runners at the corners after Schanuel's ninth-inning RBI single.
Matt Moore wriggled out of a first-and-third, none-out jam in the seventh, when left fielder Randal Grichuk threw out Danny Mendick at home for the final out as he tried scoring on Brandon Nimmo's 232-foot flyout.Francisco Lindor homered in the third to extend his hitting streak to 11 games -- the longest for the Mets this season.
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