Tucker homers again and Yamamoto allows 1 run in 6 innings as Dodgers beat sloppy Mets 4-3

NEW YORK (AP) — Kyle Tucker homered for the second consecutive game, Yoshinobu Yamamoto allowed one run in six gritty innings and the Los Angeles Dodgers capitalized on two defensive mistakes by the New York Mets in a 4-3 victory Saturday night.

Freddie Freeman had his third straight three-hit game and Andy Pages drove in two runs against New York rookie Nolan McLean (7-7). The two-time defending World Series champions won their fourth in a row and improved to 5-0 against the Mets this season.

Los Angeles has the best record in the majors at 67-38.

In a three-run third, the Dodgers scored on Pages' groundout after a throwing error by first baseman Brett Baty. They got another run on the eighth passed ball this season charged to Mets catcher Francisco Alvarez, most in the National League.

Tucker started the inning by hitting McLean’s 2-2 fastball inside the right-field foul pole for his ninth homer. It was the first time Tucker homered in consecutive games since spurning the Mets in free agency last offseason to sign a $240 million, four-year contract with the Dodgers.

Pages added an RBI single that made it 4-0 in the fifth.

Six days after beating Cam Schlittler at Yankee Stadium for his first career regular-season complete game, Yamamoto (11-6) was not as sharp and constantly pitched with runners on. He allowed five singles, struck out five and walked three.

The last-place Mets (43-62) fell a season-worst 19 games under .500 after placing All-Star slugger Juan Soto on the injured list with a strained left calf. Soto is expected to miss at least three weeks and probably more.

Bo Bichette had an RBI single in the fifth for the Mets, and pinch-hitter Tyrone Taylor doubled home two runs off Tanner Scott in the eighth.

Scott struck out rookie A.J. Ewing with two on to end the inning. Brock Stewart pitched a 1-2-3 ninth for his third career save and first since May 2023 with Minnesota.

McLean yielded four runs — two earned — and seven hits in six innings.

Dodgers RHP Emmet Sheehan (4-7, 5.13 ERA) opposes RHP Freddy Peralta (5-9, 5.01) in Sunday’s series finale.

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New York Mets' Nolan McLean pitches during the first inning of a baseball game against the Los Angeles Dodgers Saturday, July 25, 2026, in New York. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)

Los Angeles Dodgers' Freddie Freeman hits a single during the seventh inning of a baseball game against the New York Mets Saturday, July 25, 2026, in New York. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)

Los Angeles Dodgers' Freddie Freeman (5) celebrates with teammates Mookie Betts (50) and Max Muncy after a baseball game against the New York Mets Saturday, July 25, 2026, in New York. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)

Los Angeles Dodgers' Yoshinobu Yamamoto pitches during the second inning of a baseball game against the New York Mets Saturday, July 25, 2026, in New York. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)

Los Angeles Dodgers' Teoscar Hernández (37) celebrates with teammate Kyle Tucker (23) after Tucker hit a home run during the third inning of a baseball game against the New York Mets Saturday, July 25, 2026, in New York. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)

BERLIN (AP) — German authorities on Sunday issued a wanted notice for a fugitive suspect in the van ramming near Berlin’s Pride festival that left one person dead and injured at least 16 others.

Police and prosecutors asked for help in finding the 21-year-old, whom they identified as Abdul B.

They said he is believed to have injured several people with a moving vehicle late Saturday evening, and that one or more people apparently then left that vehicle. Several people were also apparently stabbed, they added.

Sunday’s notice warned the public to avoid “direct contact” with the suspect, saying that he may be armed and dangerous.

Police had said earlier that they had identified a suspect who has ties to Islamic groups in the German capital.

“The suspect is known to police. He is known to us as a member of Islamic circles here in Berlin, and our search for this person is proceeding at full speed,” police spokesperson Florian Nath said.

Nath added that investigators had no information on “his specific motives.”

According to police, a white van drove into the Tiergarten park around 10 p.m. and hit several people before colliding with a tree. The closing party at the Pride festival, known as Christopher Street Day, was ongoing nearby at the time, following a parade with some 80 trucks that had made its way through downtown Berlin earlier in the day.

Police said a woman was killed. Berlin's fire service said that three people sustained life-threatening injuries, another eight were seriously injured and five had slight injuries.

The Pride event next to the Brandenburg Gate was called off around 10:15 p.m. and a band’s performance on stage was interrupted. People were urged to go home and to avoid taking the route through the park.

German Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt said he was shocked by “this cowardly, abhorrent attack on people celebrating peacefully.”

Hundreds of thousands of people had come to Berlin to celebrate on Saturday, though it's unclear how many were still at the festival by late evening. It’s one of Europe’s largest LGBTQ+ celebrations.

Two people walk together past emergency vehicles in Berlin, early Sunday, July 26, 2026, following the cancellation of Christopher Street Day festivities. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)

Emergency personnel and police gather in Berlin, early Sunday, July 26, 2026, following the cancellation of Christopher Street Day festivities. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)

Emergency personnel and police gather in Berlin, early Sunday, July 26, 2026, following the cancellation of Christopher Street Day festivities. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)

Emergency personnel and police gather in Berlin, early Sunday, July 26, 2026, following the cancellation of Christopher Street Day festivities. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)

Two people embrace near others wearing thermal blankets as they stand near emergency personnel in Berlin, early Sunday, July 26, 2026, following the cancellation of Christopher Street Day festivities. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)