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NEW YORK -- Word has been out for a while: The right way to go after the Los Angeles Dodgers is with left-handed pitching.Unable to solve veteran southpaw CC Sabathia, the NL West leaders were shut out for the second time in three games Tuesday night and lost 3-0 to the New York Yankees.Before the game, manager Dave Roberts said he thought Sabathia would pose a very good test for a team thats struggling against lefties.I dont think we fared too well, he said.Despite starting six right-handed batters, the Dodgers managed just five hits and never got more than one in an inning.Its a familiar problem and one that could prove an Achilles heel the rest of the way. Los Angeles began the night batting only .215 with a .295 on-base percentage and .633 OPS versus left-handers.I think that we had a good plan in place and he made pitches, Roberts said. As we finish out the next 18 games, were going to see some left-handed pitching and rightfully so. So theres got to be some point where we break through.In the series finale Wednesday afternoon, Dodgers ace Clayton Kershaw makes his first career start at Yankee Stadium.Jacoby Ellsbury and Didi Gregorius came off the bench and hit back-to-back homers on consecutive pitches from Ross Stripling in the seventh.Sabathia pitched three-hit ball for 6 1/3 innings, Gary Sanchez added a leadoff home run in the eighth and the Yankees won for the eighth time in 10 games. They pulled even with Detroit, two games behind Toronto and Baltimore for the two AL wild cards.Prized rookie Julio Urias was lifted in the fourth by the Dodgers, who had won seven of nine before getting blanked for the 10th time this season.They have a four-game lead in the NL West over San Francisco, which lost 6-4 to San Diego.The 20-year-old Urias, outdone by a fellow southpaw 16 years his senior, walked three and threw 78 pitches in what is expected to be his final start this year. Los Angeles plans to put Urias in the bullpen to limit his innings and get him ready for his potential postseason role.Ill be happy with whatever decision they take, Urias said through a translator.Sabathia struck out seven and walked one as the Yankees rebounded from consecutive losses following a seven-game winning streak.Adam Warren (3-1) retired both batters he faced, and Dellin Betances got four outs for his 11th save.Ellsbury originally was rested against the left-hander, but entered in the fifth when rookie right fielder Aaron Judge exited with an oblique injury.With one out in the seventh, Ellsbury drove a hanging breaking ball from Stripling (4-7) into the second deck in right field to snap a scoreless tie.Gregorius, nursing a sore rib, connected on Striplings next pitch for his first career pinch-hit homer.I never, to my knowledge, have given up back-to-back homers on back-to-back pitches, so hopefully that doesnt happen again, Stripling said. Obviously, stinks to be the guy that gives it up.Sanchez went the opposite way against Jesse Chavez, the rookies 14th home run in 136 at-bats this year.A BRONX TALEUrias became the youngest pitcher to start a game at Yankee Stadium since Edwin Correa in 1986, the Elias Sports Bureau said.TRAINERS ROOMDodgers: LHP Brett Anderson, on the disabled list with a blister on his index finger, is scheduled to make a rehab start Friday for Triple-A Oklahoma City in Game 3 of the Pacific Coast League championship series against El Paso. ... RHP Brandon McCarthy (right hip stiffness) and LHP Alex Wood (elbow impingement) will throw in simulated-game situations this week in Arizona, Roberts said. ... Roberts said he thinks LHP Scott Kazmir (neck inflammation) is shut down at this point following a setback last week during his rehab start at Oklahoma City. ... LF Yasiel Puig went 0 for 4 with two strikeouts in the cleanup spot. He appeared to be shaken up after he fouled a pitch back in the first. Puig was checked by a trainer after another foul ball a few pitches later, but remained in the game. He had a little something with his left shoulder and when he was in Oklahoma City there was a couple swings that he took that got something triggered behind his left shoulder, but he said he was adamant about staying in the game and said that there was nothing to it, Roberts said. ... Andre Ethier probably will be the DH on Wednesday, Roberts said.UP NEXTDodgers: Kershaw (11-3, 1.89 ERA) is set to make his second start since missing more than two months with a back injury. The ace left-hander threw 66 pitches over three innings last Friday in a 4-1 loss at Miami, but Roberts wouldnt say how many Kershaw might throw this time. Itll be more than his last start, Roberts said. 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MIAMI -- The Marlins walked half a block alongside a hearse carrying their ace away from Marlins Park at the start of a funeral motorcade Wednesday, and then peeled away with watery eyes to go back inside and play a game.Drained by four days of grieving Jose Fernandezs death, they didnt have much left for the New York Mets.Jay Bruce hit his 32nd home run, James Loney also homered and the Mets helped their NL wild-card chances by beating Miami 5-2.New York began the night leading the Giants by half a game and the Cardinals by 1 1/2 games in the race for the two wild-card spots. The Mets conclude the regular season with three games at Philadelphia starting Friday.The Marlins loss in their home finale eliminated them from playoff contention. Despite high hopes this year, they still havent been to the postseason since 2003.That was the last thing on their minds five hours before first pitch. They wore T-shirts reading RIP while clustering around the limousine carrying Fernandezs casket to church for a viewing. Spectators, including Mets players and manager Terry Collins, lined the start of the route.It was terrible, Miami pitcher Tom Koehler said. I never thought Id have to be part of that. You have a 24-year-old who is on top of the world, and were walking behind his hearse. Were watching Miamis hero drive down the street.Added reliever Mike Dunn: You felt like you were pushing off your brother.Sympathetic as they are, the Mets are also in a tight wild-card race. Loney hit a two-run homer in the second, and Bruce added a two-run homer in the fifth. Curtis Granderson went 4 for 4, and Jose Reyes doubled home a run.Seth Lugo (5-2) went 5 1/3 innings and alloowed two runs, both on Martin Prados eighth homer.dddddddddddd Four relievers completed a seven-hitter, and Jeurys Familia pitched a perfect ninth for his 50th save, most in the majors.Jose Urena (4-9) allowed five runs in five innings, hiking his ERA to 6.13.RECORDSThe Mets finished 12-7 against Miami. The Marlins finished 40-40 at home.GOOD SEATS STILL AVAILABLEThe announced crowd was 24,335. The Marlins finished last in the NL in attendance for the 11th time in the past 12 years, averaging 21,405 per game.PITCHING PLANSAs the Mets chase one of the two wild-card berths, Collins is already weighing potential pitching decisions on the final day of the regular season Sunday, when Noah Syndergaard is scheduled to start.If you wake up Sunday morning and say, `OK, were in, but we dont necessarily have home-field advantage, do we use Syndergaard? Collins asked. Or do we say, `Hes going to pitch the first playoff game, no matter where its at?If the Mets have clinched home-field advantage, they might start Syndergaard on Sunday and have him throw about 25 pitches to ensure hes sharp for the wild-card playoff game on Wednesday.Otherwise he goes eight days without pitching, Collins said.UP NEXTRHP Bartolo Colon (14-8, 3.42) might start Friday on short rest when the Mets open their final regular season series at Philadelphia. RHP Robert Gsellman (3-2, 2.56) is also an option, but Colon threw only 47 pitches when he took the loss Monday against Miami.Marlins RHP Andrew Cashner (5-11, 5.13) will make his final start Friday at Washington. ' ' '