Pitcher Chris Young and Mets Take Care of Dodgers LOS ANGELES - Before the start of the 2011 season, Sandy Alderson, who was then just beginning his run as the Mets" general manager, signed a pair of veteran pitchers to bargain-price, one-year deals. Chris Young and Chris Capuano had histories of arm troubles, and both were considered low-risk gambles. Only Capuano panned out that year. In a nice twist of fate, their narratives briefly became intertwined again Thursday night in Los Angeles. This time, Young, who signed a new deal with the Mets this season after overcoming another arm injury, got the best of Capuano, who signed as a free agent with the Dodgers on the strength of his restorative 2011 campaign. The Mets, powered by David Wright, got to their former teammate and won, 3-2. This season, Young, 33, who had surgery last year to repair a torn capsule in his shoulder, has stabilized the backend of the Mets" rotation, which lost Mike Pelfrey to injury earlier this year. He entered this most recent start with four solid starts under his belt and a 3.42 earned run average. Capuano, 33, arrived in Los Angeles on a two-year deal with the Dodgers after going 11-12 with a 4.55 E.R.A. last season for the Mets. He, too, has thrived, compiling a 9-2 record and a 2.60 E.R.A coming into the game. The Mets, who scored 17 runs in the last game of their series against the Chicago Cubs on Wednesday afternoon, had the fortune of coming to Los Angeles while the Dodgers were without the stars Matt Kemp and Andre Ethier because of injuries. In addition, the Dodgers" offense had looked comatose in its previous series against the San Francisco Giants, failing to score a single run during the three-game set. The Mets took a one-run lead against Capuano in the first inning. Ruben Tejada lined a one-out single to left, and he scored easily when David Wright sent a double down the left-field line. Wright doubled the Mets" lead in the fourth inning when he blasted a low slider from Capuano deep into the left-center-field stands. The home run was the 192nd of Wright's career, which brought him even with Howard Johnson for third on the Mets" career list. Young whizzed through the first three innings of the game, going once through the Dodgers" order without allowing a base runner. But he ran into trouble in the fourth, which Dee Gordon opened with a double to center field. Elian Herrera came up next and blasted a ball over the head of Andres Torres, who was stationed in shallow center field. Gordon cruised home while Herrera headed to third. The Dodgers tied the score at 2-2 when Juan Rivera punched a single straight back up the middle of the infield. Young finished the game with six and one-third innings pitched, six hits, no walks, and six strikeouts. Before he departed, the Mets regained the lead in the fifth, spurred by the bottom of their order. Mike Nickeas, the No. 8 hitter, laced a single to center and moved to second on Young's well-executed bunt. Nickeas scored when Torres smacked a line-drive double to right, putting the Mets up, 3-2. The bottom of the Dodgers" order pieced together a scoring threat in the seventh. Adam Kennedy reached second after a single and a passed ball. Two outs later, Jerry Hairston Jr. was brought in to hit for Capuano - who allowed five hits and no walks while striking out five - and was intentionally walked. Byrdak then got Gordon staring at a fastball on the outside edge of the plate to end the inning. Bobby Parnell, who was named the Mets" full-time closer while Frank Francisco is on the disabled list, pitched a clean ninth to earn his first save of the year. The Mets arrived in Los Angeles about four hours behind schedule after their plane experienced mechanical problems on the ground in Chicago on Wednesday night. They were also delayed at the airport last Sunday night after their game against the Yankees.