Dodgers drop the curtain on Mets, 5-1

Furcal pounced on a Perez curveball in the first inning, blasting his third pitch over the wall in left-center field for his team-leading fifth homer. It was Furcal's 23rd first-inning leadoff homer and his 11th as a Dodger, giving him sole possession of second place on the franchise list behind Davey Lopes (28).

The only Dodger who didn't appear to be enjoying himself was Andruw Jones, who was booed with increasing intensity after each successive at-bat. Jones hit a soft pop-up to shortstop Jose Reyes to strand Martin at third base in the fourth and grounded into an inning-ending double play in the sixth. He finished 0 for 3 and is batting .158.

There were better vibes for Billingsley, who stranded four runners in scoring position in the first five innings. The Mets managed their run in the sixth on Carlos Beltran's triple and Moises Alou's run-scoring single up the middle.

"I'm getting ahead of guys early and making them hit my pitches," said Billingsley, who has a 1.38 earned-run average over his last two starts. "Just pounding the zone and not making too many mistakes."

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