LOS ANGELES, June 13 (UPI) -- A homer by Wilson Betemit ignited a Los Angeles surge in the late innings Wednesday and the Dodgers ran away from the New York Mets 9-1.
Los Angeles thus swept a home series from the Mets for the first time in 11 years.
Brad Penny (8-1) stayed unbeaten in his last five starts by allowing the Mets a run on seven hits in seven innings. Jorge Sosa (6-2) took a shutout into the fifth, but gave up six runs on eight hits in 5 2/3. Sosa was coming off his best outing of the year, in which he threw eight shutout innings against Detroit.
The Dodgers faced a 1-0 deficit in the fifth, but Betemit tied it with a leadoff homer. A single by Matt Kemp and a triple by Rafael Furcal put Los Angeles in front and Juan Pierre singled in Furcal with the third run of the inning.
Los Angeles added three more in the sixth with Betemit driving home Nomar Garciaparra with a single and then scoring on a base hit by Kemp. Tony Abreu drove in Kemp with a double to make it 6-1.
