Oliver Perez was back at it, walking one batter after another. This time, however, he managed to wriggle out of trouble. Perez won despite a wild return from the disabled list and the depleted New York Mets finally mustered some offense Wednesday night, overcoming Manny Ramirez's homer in a 5-4 victory over the Los Angeles Dodgers. David Wright snapped an 0-for-17 slump with his first RBI this month. Daniel Murphy doubled twice and made an incredible play at first base, and the Mets ended a four-game skid with their third victory in 12 games.
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Season Series

Date	Home	Score	Pitchers
Mon 5/18	LAD	NYM 2 at LAD 3	W: Troncoso L: Stokes
Tue 5/19	LAD	NYM 3 at LAD 5	W: Billingsley L: Maine
Wed 5/20	LAD	NYM 1 at LAD 2	W: Leach L: Putz
Tue 7/7	NYM	LAD 8 at NYM 0	W: Kershaw L: Pelfrey
Wed 7/8	NYM	LAD 4 at NYM 5	W: Perez L: Kuroda
Thu 7/9	NYM	LAD 11 at NYM 2	W: Wolf L: Hernandez

Box Scores

Dodgers (53 - 31) Season Stats | Roster | Tickets		Mets (40 - 43) Season Stats | Roster | Tickets
Lineup Name AB R H RBI BB 1. R Furcal, SS 4 0 2 2 1 2. O Hudson, 2B 5 1 0 0 0 3. M Ramirez, LF 5 1 1 1 0 4. C Blake, 3B 1 0 0 0 4 5. M Loretta, 1B 4 0 1 1 1 6. R Martin, C 3 0 2 0 2 7. A Ethier, RF 5 0 0 0 0 8. M Kemp, CF 3 2 3 0 1 9. H Kuroda, P 0 0 0 0 0 9. C Wade, P 0 0 0 0 0 9. B DeWitt, PH 1 0 0 0 0 9. G Mota, P 0 0 0 0 0 9. B Leach, P 0 0 0 0 0 9. J Pierre, PH 1 0 0 0 0 9. R Troncoso, P 0 0 0 0 0 Totals 32 4 9 4 9		Lineup Name AB R H RBI BB 1. A Cora, SS 5 0 0 0 0 2. D Murphy, 1B 4 1 2 0 0 3. D Wright, 3B 4 2 2 1 0 4. G Sheffield, LF 3 1 0 0 1 5. R Church, RF 4 0 1 0 0 6. J Reed, CF 3 1 2 1 1 7. B Schneider, C 4 0 1 1 0 8. L Castillo, 2B 3 0 1 1 1 9. O Perez, P 2 0 0 0 0 9. N Evans, PH 1 0 0 0 0 9. B Parnell, P 0 0 0 0 0 9. P Feliciano, P 0 0 0 0 0 9. S Green, P 0 0 0 0 0 9. F Tatis, PH 1 0 0 0 0 9. F Rodriguez, P 0 0 0 0 0 Totals 34 5 9 4 3
Pitcher Name IP H R ER BB K ERA* H Kuroda (L, 3-5) 4.1 8 5 4 2 1 4.27 C Wade 0.2 1 0 0 0 1 5.74 G Mota 1.1 0 0 0 0 0 3.66 B Leach 0.2 0 0 0 0 1 2.95 R Troncoso 1.0 0 0 0 1 0 1.83		Pitcher Name IP H R ER BB K ERA* O Perez (W, 2-2) 5.0 4 2 2 7 2 8.78 B Parnell (H, 13) 1.2 2 0 0 1 3 4.64 P Feliciano (H, 16) 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 2.67 S Green (H, 9) 1.0 1 1 1 0 0 4.97 F Rodriguez (S, 22) 1.0 2 1 1 1 1 1.77
* = Season Stat
BATTING 3B: M Kemp (6) HR: M Ramirez (8)		BATTING 2B: D Murphy 2 (10), J Reed (4)

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Player News

Dodgers Jason Schmidt (LAD) News: Schmidt (shoulder) will likely retire after filing for free agency, MLB.com reports.  (RotoWire - Wed. Nov 18, 2009) Russell Martin (LAD) News: Martin batted a disappointing .250/.352/.329 in 2009, the second consecutive season his OPS has experienced a drop-off.  (RotoWire - Nov 15, 2009) Mark Loretta (LAD) News: Loretta batted just .232/.309/.276 in 181 at-bats for the Dodgers this season.  (RotoWire - Nov 15, 2009)

Mets Carlos Delgado (NYM) News: The Mets are looking into bringing first baseman Carlos Delgado back for the 2010 season, according to ESPN.   (Fanball - Mon. Nov 23, 2009) Brian Schneider (NYM) News: The Rockies have expressed interest in free-agent catcher Brian Schneider, Troy Renck of the Denver Post reports.  (RotoWire - Mon. Nov 23, 2009) Brian Schneider (NYM) News: The Denver Post is reporting that the Rockies have shown some interest in catcher Brian Schneider. The team is looking for a backup to Chris Ianetta if Yorvit Torrealba leaves this winter.  (Fanball - Sun. Nov 22, 2009)