LOS ANGELES — The Mets resumed the big boy portion of the schedule Monday night to the same success they had enjoyed on the last homestand.
No, these weren’t the White Sox and Rockies.
These were the defending World Series champion Dodgers (who had already lost a series at Citi Field just over a week ago), and the Mets were up for the challenge on the road.
Mostly, it was manager Carlos Mendoza’s pitchers who responded — with late help from the lineup — in a 4-3 victory in 10 innings at Dodger Stadium that extended the Mets’ winning streak to four games.
After Edwin Diaz, working for the third time in four days, blew the save by allowing a run in the ninth, the Mets rebounded against lefty fireballer Tanner Scott in the 10th inning.
Francisco Alvarez delivered a go-ahead double, scoring the automatic runner, before Francisco Lindor’s RBI single extended the lead.
Jose Castillo surrendered a run in the bottom of the 10th before Jose Butto got the final two outs, with the tying run at third base and the winning run at first.
