Times wires
Friday, May 6, 2011
NEW YORK — Andre Ethier extended his hitting streak to 30 games, but Jason Pridie's three-run homer in the sixth carried the Mets past the Dodgers 6-3 on Friday.
Pridie, a 27-year-old with just four big-league at-bats before this year, homered off a bullpen roof in right-center against Hiroki Kuroda after an intentional walk to Ike Davis with the Mets trailing 3-2.
Ethier singled to center on a 3-and-0 pitch in the first inning, becoming the first major-leaguer with a 30-game hitting streak since Washington's Ryan Zimmerman from April 8 to May 12, 2009.
Ethier, 29, is one game shy of the Dodgers record, set by Willie Davis from Aug. 1 to Sept. 3, 1969.
"I'm not really thinking about it other than for the fact there's been a lot of support from the teammates, from fans at home," Ethier said of the streak. "I've even had fans on the road cheering me on. It's like: 'I want you to get a hit, but don't do too much.' "