J.D. Davis hit a home run and drove in four runs, while Marcus Stroman pitched six solid innings, as the New York Mets avoided a season sweep at the hands of the Los Angeles Dodgers with a 7-2 road victory Sunday.

Javier Baez had two doubles and scored two runs in his return from the injured list as the Mets won for the first time in seven games against the Dodgers. All seven games in the season series came over a span of 10 days.

The Mets won for just the second time in their past 10 games in a stretch played entirely against the Dodgers and San Francisco Giants, the teams with the two best records in baseball. New York will complete the 13-game stretch with three games against the Giants this week.

Cody Bellinger had a two-run single for the Dodgers, whose nine-game winning streak came to an end. David Price (4-2) gave up three runs on three hits over four innings as Los Angeles lost for just the second time in their last 15 games.

After some lackluster offense with six total runs in the first three games of a four-game series, the Mets started fast Sunday. In his first at-bat after spending nearly two weeks recovering from back spasms, Baez had an RBI double for a 1-0 first-inning lead.

Davis and Jonathan Villar added RBI singles in the first inning to give New York a 3-0 lead. It was the first time the Dodgers trailed since the seventh inning Monday against the Pittsburgh Pirates.

Bellinger cut the Dodgers' deficit to 3-2 in the fourth inning with a two-run single, collecting just his second and third RBIs over his last 11 games.

The Mets took control in the seventh when Davis hit a two-run homer to left off Dodgers right-hander Phil Bickford for a 5-2 lead. It was the first time Bickford allowed a run in 10 August appearances.

New York added two more runs in the ninth on a bases-loaded walk by Davis and an RBI fielder's choice by Jeff McNeil.

Stroman (9-12) gave up two runs on four hits with two walks and six strikeouts.

--Field Level Media