Shohei Ohtani, who threw his first live batting practice since his 2023 elbow surgery on Sunday afternoon, hit a 411-foot homer on the second pitch he saw from Kodai Senga (5-3) in the first inning, but the New York Mets answered with a two-out rally in the bottom half against right-hander Landon Knack (2-2) on the way to a 3-1 win over the Los Angeles Dodgers.

Pete Alonso snapped the longest home run drought of his career with his two-run shot in the first inning as the Mets won the rubber game of the three-game series.

The Mets dropped Friday¡¯s opener 7-5 in 13 innings before winning the final two games in a rematch of last year¡¯s National League Championship Series. The Dodgers have lost six of nine.

After Ohtani gave the Dodgers the lead in the top of the first, Juan Soto reached on an error by third baseman Max Muncy in the bottom half. Alonso followed with his homer into the left field seats. The round-tripper was the first for Alonso after May 5, a span of 16 games and 71 plate appearances in which he batted just .175 (11 of 63).

Alonso¡¯s previous longest drought was a 15-game stretch from April 28 through May 14, 2021.

The Mets took advantage of another Dodgers error to score their final run in the third. Francisco Lindor led off with a single, went to third when shortstop Mookie Betts overthrew second base on a potential double-play grounder by Mark Vientos and scored on a grounder to second by Soto.

Six players had one hit apiece for the Mets.

Senga gave up the one run on five hits and four walks while striking out five over 5? innings. The right-hander got out of a second-and-third, no-out jam following Ohtani¡¯s homer in the first as Tyrone Taylor threw out Betts trying to score from third on Will Smith¡¯s flyout to center. Senga struck out Teoscar Hernandez to end the inning.

Ryne Stanek and Max Kranick combined for 2? hitless innings before Reed Garrett earned his first save by striking out two in a one-hit ninth.

Freddie Freeman had two hits for the Dodgers.

Knack allowed the three runs on four hits and no walks while striking out five over a season-high six innings.