Struggling Mets limp into Chavez Ravine

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06/11/2007 - (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The New York Mets are losing their hold on the National League East and will try to rebound tonight when they begin a three-game series with the Los Angeles Dodgers at Dodger Stadium.

New York will face the Dodgers for the first time since sweeping the best-of- five National League division series last season. The Mets also held a 4-3 edge in their season series with LA last year and won two of three at Dodger Stadium.

The Mets lost two of three to Detroit over the weekend to start a nine-game road trip and have lost six of their last seven overall as their lead for first place in the NL East has shrunk to 2 1/2 games over the Braves.

On Sunday against the Mets, David Wright homered in his fourth straight game, a three-run shot and ended 1-for-3 to extend his hit streak to 12 games, but it wasn't enough as the club was blown out by the Tigers, 15-7.

Wright is one game shy of tying the Mets record for consecutive games with a home run. Richard Hidalgo homered in five straight games from July 1-5, 2004.

Carlos Gomez also hit a three-run homer for New York, while Tom Glavine (5-4) had a rough afternoon. The left-hander remains five wins shy of 300 for his career after allowing a career-high tying nine runs and a season-high 11 hits in a season-low 4 1/3 innings.

New York will hope for better pitching tonight from Orlando Hernandez, who will try to continue his excellent recent pitching stretch. Hernandez is just 2-0 over his last five starts despite allowing only three earned runs over that stretch for a 0.82 earned run average.

The right-hander, who is 3-1 with a 1.94 ERA on the season, got a no decision on Wednesday against the Phillies despite pitching six shutout innings. He allowed three hits and four walks over that span in what was an eventual 4-2 loss for the Mets.

Hernandez is 1-1 in three career starts against the Dodgers with a 5.40 ERA.

Randy Wolf will try to get back on track tonight for the Dodgers after having a six-game unbeaten streak stopped last time out. Wolf went 4-0 over that span, but was handed his fourth loss of the season on Wednesday against the Padres. The left-hander yielded five runs on eight hits with six strikeouts in five innings of the 5-2 setback.

Wolf, who is fifth in the National League with 80 strikeouts, has made 24 career starts against the Mets, and is 8-5 against them with a 3.40 earned run average.

The Dodgers also dropped two of three over the weekend against the Blue Jays, including an 11-5 setback on Sunday. Luis Gonzalez had a pair of doubles and three RBI for the Dodgers, who have lost five of their last six to fall 1 1/2 games behind San Diego for first place in the NL West.

Jason Schmidt (1-3) had a poor outing, giving up six runs on nine hits over four-plus innings. The veteran right-hander struck out three and walked a pair as the Dodgers fell to 1-2 on their current nine-game homestand.

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