LOS ANGELES - Chip Ambres singled home the go-ahead run in the 10th inning, and the New York Mets beat the Los Angeles Dodgers 5-4 Sunday to take three of four in a series between division leaders.
New York tied the score in the ninth when Matt Kemp allowed Shawn Green's fly to short right to fall for an error as pinch-runner Anderson Hernandez came home from third.
With the score 4-all in the 10th, Lastings Milledge singled with one out against D.J. Houlton (0-1). Carlos Beltran singled and David Wright grounded sharply to third, just beating the relay throw to avoid a double play. Ambres, who entered in the ninth, then grounded a single past third baseman Nomar Garciaparra, who was playing in on the edge of the grass with two outs.
It was Ambres' first hit since Oct. 2, 2005, for the Kansas City Royals at Toronto.
Pedro Feliciano (2-1) pitched a perfect ninth for the win after two perfect innings by Aaron Heilman. Billy Wagner worked the 10th for his 22nd save in 23 attempts, striking out the side as he allowed the potential tying run to reach third.
He walked Juan Pierre leading off, then picked him off first only to have Green - normally an outfielder - drop the ball as Pierre took second on the steal.
Russell Martin struck out, Jeff Kent was intentionally walked and Kemp struck out. Wagner threw a wild pitch that advanced the runners to second and third, then froze Garciaparra with a 3-2 pitch on the outside corner.
Rafael Furcal and Garciaparra homered off Orlando Hernandez as Los Angeles built a 4-2 lead, but Beltran pulled the Mets within a run with an eighth-inning sacrifice fly off Roberto Hernandez.
New York, which has outscored opponents 45-10 in the ninth this year, tied it against Jonathan Broxton after Carlos Delgado reached with a leadoff single off the glove of first baseman James Loney.
Anderson Hernandez ran for Delgado and advanced to third on a wild pitch and a groundout by Paul Lo Duca, then scored when Green's fly dropped in front of Kemp, who had made a long sprint toward the infield.
Dodgers rookie Eric Stults, making his third big league start and second against the Mets, allowed two runs, five hits and no walks over 5 1-3 innings and struck out five. El Duque gave up four runs and seven hits over six innings.
Furcal led off the bottom of the first by driving a 1-1 pitch into the right-field pavilion for his second leadoff homer this season and 20th of his career. Loney hit an RBI double in the fourth.
New York tied it in the sixth. Jose Reyes tripled and scored on a double by Milledge that chased Stults. Wright drove in the tying run with a broken-bat bloop single against Rudy Seanez.
Garciaparra, who entered 9-for-27 in regular-season play against El Duque, hit a two-run homer in the bottom half. It was Garciaparra's fourth homer this season and second in three days.
Notes:@ The Mets are 4-41 when trailing after eight innings. ... Derek Lowe, making only his second relief appearance since 2001 and his first since last Aug. 29, pitched a perfect seventh. ... Raymond Easley, the father of Mets INF Damion Easley, passed away Saturday night at age 63 in Riverside, Calif., after a lengthy illness. Damion has been on the bereavement list since July 17. ... Mets LF Moises Alou is expected to be activated on Tuesday for the opener of a six-game homestand. He has been sidelined since May 13 because of a strained left quadriceps.
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