Strange night for Matt Kemp

First of all, he took a called third strike, on a pitch that appeared to be right down the middle, with a man on third and one out in what became a scorless first inning for the Dodgers. Then, in a similar situation in the fifth, he came through with a well-placed blooper that fell into shallow right field, allowing David Wells to score the tying run and Juan Pierre to move to third (the still-athletic Wells had led off the inning with a bunt single, of all things). But when Ramon Martinez followed with a line drive to the wall in right-center that clearly wasn't going to be caught, Kemp stopped just as he reached second, made a slight motion like he was heading back to first, then finally took off running again, all of which resulted in his only reaching third on a ball he probably should have scored on. He then got picked off third when he wandered too far off the bag, and catcher Mike DiFelice threw down. ... Wells has already gone farther than conventional wisdom might have suggested he could after a three-week layoff. He is in the fifth inning and has allowed two runs on seven hits. ... Dodgers 3, Mets 2, bottom 5