Major League Baseball
LA Dodgers 5, NY Mets 0
When: 10:10 PM ET, Thursday, May 12, 2016
Where: Dodger Stadium, Los Angeles, California
Temperature: 65°
Umpires: Home - Fieldin Culbreth, 1B - Jim Reynolds, 2B - Nic Lentz, 3B - Mark Ripperger
Attendance: 41765

LOS ANGELES -- Clayton Kershaw spun a complete game shutout and Yasmani Grandal provided the Los Angeles Dodgers with the big hit in a 5-0 win against the New York Mets on Thursday at Dodger Stadium.

Kershaw (4-1) allowed three hits, striking out 13. It was his fifth straight game with 10 or more strikeouts, establishing a new Dodger record. He is three games shy of the major league record. David Wright's first-inning walk was only the fourth free pass Kershaw has allowed all season and his first in four games. Kershaw has struck out 47 batters and allowed one walk over his last 32 innings.

Bartolo Colon (3-2) gave up five runs, all earned, on seven hits striking out two.

After being called up from Triple-A Las Vegas earlier in the day, Sean Gilmartin pitched two innings of scoreless relief, allowing one hit.

The two teams split the series and the Mets are now undefeated in their last eight tries.

The Dodgers continue their nine-game homestand on Friday when they open a three-game series against the St. Louis Cardinals. The Mets will travel to Colorado to play the Rockies in a weekend set.

The Dodgers hit Colon hard right from the onset. Utley singled to lead off the first inning and went first to third on a single to right by Corey Seager, who extended his hitting streak to three games.

With one out, Utley was driven in by Justin Turner's single to left. Two batters later, Grandal smashed a 2-0 fastball deep into the right field stands for a three-run homer. Grandal's third home run of the season gave the Dodgers a 4-0 lead.

With two away in the second inning, Utley hit a solo home run -- his second of the season -- to make it 5-0.

NOTES: The Dodgers sent RHP Casey Fien outright to Triple-A Oklahoma City. He was removed from the 40-man roster. ... OF Scott Van Slyke (back) is hitting off of a tee and playing short toss. Dodgers manager Dave Roberts expects him to be taking batting practice in a week. ... LHP Clayton Kershaw made his 250th career start. ... RHP Mike Bolsinger (oblique strain) made his second rehab start with Triple-A Oklahoma City. ... Mets SS Wilmer Flores was placed on the 15-day disabled list with a left hamstring injury on Thursday. The injury was sustained Monday but he was able to play Tuesday and could not pinpoint how or where the injury occurred. ... The Mets recalled LHP Sean Gilmartin from Triple-A Las Vegas. He will go into the bullpen to replace RHP Logan Verrett, who is scheduled to take Steven Matz's turn in the rotation on Saturday in Colorado. Matz will miss his next start with elbow/forearm soreness. ... Matz has not undergone an MRI but has been given anti-inflammatories.
Top Game Performances
Starting Pitchers
NY Mets   LA Dodgers
Bartolo Colon Player Clayton Kershaw
Loss W/L Win
5.0 IP 9.0
3 Strikeouts 13
7 Hits 3
9.00 ERA 0.00
Hitting
NY Mets   LA Dodgers
Asdrubal Cabrera Player Chase Utley
2 Hits 3
0 RBI 1
0 HR 1
2 TB 6
.500 Avg .750
Team Stats Summary
 
Team Hits HR TB Avg LOB K RBI BB SB Errors
NY Mets 3 0 4 .103 5 13 0 1 0 0
LA Dodgers 8 2 14 .250 9 6 5 0 0 0