The Dodgers spent fewer than 28 hours in first place. A day after crushing Arizona’s spirit with a walkoff victory, the Dodgers stumbled through a 4-2 defeat to the Mets and let Colorado pull ahead in the National League West. Ownership of the loss belonged to Kenta Maeda, who served up a tiebreaking, three-run homer in the ninth inning to Mets outfielder Brandon Nimmo.
In order to reach the ninth inning tied, the Dodgers had to waste scoring opportunities in the seventh and the eighth inning. The group produced a run in the ninth inning, but Matt Kemp could not replicate his heroics from the previous two days.