NEW YORK (Interstat) — Yoshinobu Yamamoto pitched six strong innings and the Los Angeles Dodgers held off a late New York Mets rally for a 4-3 victory Saturday at Citi Field. Yamamoto allowed one earned run on five hits with five strikeouts to improve to 11-6. The Dodgers scored three runs in the third inning, aided by an Andy Pages forceout that brought home Dalton Rushing. Pages added an RBI single in the fifth to make it 4-0. Kyle Tucker hit a solo home run for Los Angeles. The Mets answered in the bottom of the fifth on Bo Bichette’s RBI single. In the eighth, Tyrone Taylor lined a two-run double to cut the deficit to one. Brock Stewart then recorded the final three outs for his first save. Nolan McLean took the loss despite striking out seven over six innings, allowing two earned runs. The Dodgers had eight hits to the Mets’ six. Attendance was 36,356. The game lasted 2:48. Los Angeles improved to 67-38; the Mets fell to 43-62.