LOS ANGELES — The tiniest of ninth-inning rallies was bread from the heavens for the Mets on Friday.
A bloop double, single off the pitcher’s glove and sacrifice fly might as well have been a thunderous cascade that could be heard from Chavez Ravine to Flushing Bay.
In the end, the Mets had a 2-1 victory over the Dodgers in front of 52,570 to snap a three-game losing streak, even as the team’s offensive woes continued.
The Mets (41-40) reached the midway point of 2015 on pace for a winning season, but hardly in terrific shape. They have scored just three runs over their past 38 innings, but continue to receive enough pitching to remain competitive.
“We’re not doing what we’re capable of,” Lucas Duda said. “We’re not doing what we’re supposed to do.”
Kevin Plawecki’s sacrifice fly in the ninth against Kenley Jansen brought home the go-ahead run after Duda opened the inning with a bloop double to left, and Wilmer Flores hit a comebacker that Jansen mishandled, ruled a single.
“We haven’t had any [luck] in a long time, so to catch a couple of breaks is huge for us,” manager Terry Collins said.
Hansel Robles gave the Mets two shutout innings in relief behind Noah Syndergaard before Jeurys Familia earned his 22nd save in 24 chances this season with a perfect ninth.
Clayton Kershaw was a handful for the Mets, surrendering one run on five hits and two walks with seven strikeouts over seven innings. The stud lefty got stronger deep into his performance, retiring 10 of the last 11 batters he faced.
Syndergaard gave the Mets a chance by allowing one run on two hits and two walks over six innings for a second straight strong performance. The rookie allowed one run over eight innings in his previous start, against the Reds at Citi Field.
“It was awesome to step on the same mound as Clayton Kershaw,” Syndergaard said. “Overall, it was a great performance out there and a great team win.”
Before the game, general manager Sandy Alderson said several ideas have been discussed to address the lineup — even the possibility of promoting the organization’s top hitting prospect, Michael Conforto, from Double-A Binghamton — but no move is imminent.
Alderson also reiterated the trade market remains uncertain, as clubs continue to fluctuate between buyer and seller mode.
“We’re waiting for teams to decide who they are and what they want to do,” Alderson said.
Syndergaard’s best escape act came in the sixth, when he struck out Yasiel Puig on a full-count curveball to leave two runners on base. Syndergaard mishandled Howie Kendrick’s comebacker for an error before walking Justin Turner to give the Dodgers a threat in a 1-1 game.
Syndergaard also escaped trouble after allowing a double to Turner leading off the fourth. After Turner went to third on a ground out, Duda smothered Puig’s grounder and beat him to first base, with Turner holding at third. Syndergaard then retired Andre Ethier to end the inning.
Flores’ RBI single in the fourth made it 1-1, giving the Mets — drum roll — a run in consecutive games after getting shut out two straight by the Cubs.
John Mayberry Jr. doubled leading off the inning and went to third on a wild pitch before Flores hit a dribbler through the right side for his team-leading 34th RBI of the season.
Adrian Gonzalez’s homer leading off the second put Syndergaard in a 1-0 hole. The blast was the first allowed by Syndergaard in his last three starts.
Kershaw walked Curtis Granderson and Mayberry in the first inning but retired Duda to escape the inning unscathed.