Mets hold off Dodgers' 10th-inning comeback on a night of home runs

In a thrilling series opener, the New York Mets beat the Los Angeles Dodgers 4-3 on Monday at Dodger Stadium on a night with home runs by Japanese star Shohei Ohtani and Puerto Rican Francisco Lindor.

The Dodgers, defending World Series champions, rallied in the bottom of the ninth to extend the game into the 10th inning, but the Mets ended up getting their third straight win in the head-to-head series.

Lindor opened fire with a home run in the first inning as the 48,000 fans at Dodger Stadium settled in.

In a staggering statistic, the Mets now have 27 straight wins in games in which the Puerto Rican connects on a home run.

The visitors then extended their lead with another Jeff McNeil homer in the fifth inning after a Brandon Nimmo double.

The home side's comeback was ignited by their superstar Shohei Ohtani with a home run in the seventh inning. The Japanese slugger, the season leader with 23 homers, was again key in the ninth inning when he hit a sacrifice fly for Tommy Edman to tie the score.

The Mets, however, struck again with two runs in the 10th inning thanks to a double by Venezuelan Francisco Álvarez and a single by Lindor.

In the home side's last inning, Dominican Teoscar Hernández rekindled the hopes of the home crowd with a run-scoring single by Cuban Andy Pages but the comeback fell short this time.

Juan Soto, the Mets' Dominican star, finished with one hit and one walk in four at-bats.

The Dodgers have three losses in their last five games, including one Sunday to the other New York team, the Yankees.

Rockies snap historic losing streak

In other games, the Colorado Rockies caught a breath Monday by beating the Miami Marlins 6-4 to snap an eight-game losing streak.

Venezuelan pitcher Germán Márquez was an important piece in helping the Rockies reach 10 wins in 60 games played this season.

Their record prior to this game, 9-50, was the worst by any team through their first 59 games of a season in the modern era (since 1901).

Márquez, who had gone four starts without a win this year, earned the win with a five-inning effort in which he gave up nine hits and four runs, while striking out six batters.

American catcher Hunter Goodman was the Rockies' offensive star, hitting two homers and driving in a total of three runs.

Another star of the day was Kerry Carpenter with three home runs in the Detroit Tigers' 13-1 thrashing over the Chicago White Sox.