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Mets’ game of Dodge(r) ball turns Utley
- Updated: May 29, 2016
NEW YORK — Chase Utley has heard a chorus of boos in each of his at-bats this series and was the target of an errant 99-mph fastball in the third inning from Mets starter Noah Syndergaard, apparent retaliation for Utley’s takeout slide on former Mets shortstop Ruben Tejada in Game 2 of the 2015 National League Division Series.
The Dodgers’ second baseman, though, has responded with big hit after big hit. A day after hitting a game-tying three-run double in the top of the ninth, Utley crushed a first-pitch changeup from Logan Verrett for a homer in the sixth to get Los Angeles on the board and followed that with a grand slam in the seventh to power the Dodgers to a 9-1 victory over the Mets at Citi Field on Saturday.
Syndergaard’s fastball behind Utley in the third caused the right-hander to be immediately ejected from the game after allowing just …
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