​The Los Angeles Dodgers overcame the New York Mets on Saturday, 4-3, at Citi Field in New York.The victory marks the Dodgers’ fourth in a row, and they maintain the best record in baseball with a 1.5-game lead over the second-place Milwaukee Brewers. How did they get it done?A big third inningDespite the Mets’ struggles and the Dodgers’ offensive prowess this season, the latter have not been racking up runs in this series. Los Angeles scored four runs in its series-opening win over New York on Friday, and the offense replicated the same result on Saturday. How it got there, however, was different.On Friday, the Dodgers used a late surge to secure the victory. They scored three runs between the seventh and eighth innings. But on Saturday, most of the scoring came early.Through the first two innings, both teams remained scoreless, but Los Angeles found its rhythm in the third. To lead off the frame, Kyle Tucker delivered a solo blast to right field, which marked his ninth home run of the season and second in as many days. Tucker had recently been called out for his relative lack of impactful play up to this point in his first season in the Dodger Blue, and that being a star for his team in the second half of the season was crucial.Tucker did just that in Saturday’s game, and he sparked more production from the rest of the team in the third. After Teoscar Hernandez struck out, Dalton Rushing hit a single.Following Rushing’s single, Shohei Ohtani reached on a fielder’s choice due to a throwing error by Mets first baseman Brett Baty that also advanced Rushing to third base. Then, Andy Pages grounded into a forceout that scored Rushing to make it a 2-0 game.The Dodgers capped off their three-run frame when a single by Freddie Freeman was followed by Pages scoring on a passed ball by Mets catcher Francisco Alvarez. In the fifth inning, Hernandez made up for his strikeout by hitting a double, and Pages delivered again. This time, it was in the form of an RBI single to give Los Angeles a 4-0 lead.The Mets responded in the bottom of the fifth with their first run of the game, but the Dodgers still held a lead that was comfortable enough.Holding onIn the bottom of the eighth, Dodgers manager Dave Roberts went back to his bullpen for the second time to call on Edgardo Henriquez following six innings by starter Yoshinobu Yamamoto and an inning of relief from Alex Vesia.Despite notching two strikeouts, Henriquez opened the frame by hitting Carson Benge and walking Luis Robert Jr. That was enough for Roberts to go to the bullpen again, this time for Tanner Scott.Scott then allowed a two-out, two-run RBI double to pinch-hitter Tyrone Taylor that cut the Dodgers’ lead to 4-3. Scott got out of the inning with a strikeout, and Brock Steawart earned the save by striking out two of the three batters he faced in the ninth.Postgame thoughtsIn a way, the Dodgers were lucky to get out of this one. It seems like the Mets’ season is just about dead in the w