New York, New York

To paraphrase Frank Sinatra, the Dodgers have been spreading something but it hasn't been the news. Last night the Dodgers held on to beat the New York Mets 9-4 as they built up a big lead (6-1), almost lost it (6-4), and then finished it off with a three run ninth inning (9-4). They didn't give their bullpen a chance to lose the game. Josh Beckett got the win (2-1) in spite of giving up two homeruns in the bottom of the sixth inning. He pitched 5 innings and gave up 4 earned runs and handed it off to the bullpen. Howell, Withrow, Wilson, and Jansen combined to pitch four innings of scoreless baseball. The Dodgers offense came through in the clutch as they had 15 hits and eight different Dodgers drove in runs. Adrian Gonzalez had three hits including his 11th homerun and drove in two. That puts the Dodgers at 24-22 on the season and luckily no one is running away with the National League West right now. They are 4 games behind the San Francisco Giants and are in third place.