Valdespin Slams Dodgers in 10th, Mets Win 7-3 Jordany Valdespin began the night on the bench and ended it partying at home plate. A late-inning substitute, Valdespin hit a grand slam in the 10th as the New York Mets rallied past the Los Angeles Dodgers 7-3 Wednesday to save early sensation Matt Harvey from his first loss of the season. "Coming back and winning a game like that, that's huge for us as we move forward," manager Terry Collins said. Matt Kemp hit his first homer of the year and drove in three runs as Los Angeles grabbed a 3-1 lead against Harvey. The budding Mets ace pitched pretty well, though, and was bailed out when his teammates came back. David Wright tied the game with a two-out single in the ninth off closer Brandon League, handed his first blown save in a Dodgers uniform. Pinch-hitter Mike Baxter hustled for a leadoff double when his sinking liner to left glanced off the wrist of a sliding Carl Crawford. Baxter advanced on Ruben Tejada's sacrifice, and League had a chance to get out of it after third baseman Jerry Hairston Jr. crashed into the railing to make a spectacular catch on Daniel Murphy's foul popup. Wright, however, lined the next pitch to right-center for his first hit of the night. "Definitely a tough one," League said. John Buck led off the 10th with a single against Josh Wall (0-1), and Ike Davis walked on four pitches. Both runners moved up on Marlon Byrd's sacrifice, and Lucas Duda was intentionally walked to load the bases. In the dugout, Harvey was encouraging Valdespin. "I told him they're going to walk Duda and you're going to win this game," the pitcher said. He was sitting there nice and loose, then he walked up there and delivered. With the Dodgers playing five infielders and two shallow outfielders, Valdespin drove a 2-1 pitch to right for his first career slam and game-ending RBI. I'm not thinking about the infielders. I want to hit a good pitch," Valdespin said. I'm ahead, it's time to be aggressive and hit the ball. Valdespin, who grounded out as a pinch hitter with a chance to tie it in the eighth, tossed his helmet high in the air and hopped on home plate into the arms of excited teammates. "He gets pumped up for that stuff," Collins said. He just relishes that big moment during the game. The Mets said it was the sixth walk-off grand slam in club history and their first since Kevin McReynolds connected on June 25, 1991, against Montreal, according to research by the Elias Sports Bureau. Bobby Parnell (1-0) worked around a leadoff walk in the 10th. Kemp's two-run shot off Harvey in the sixth, originally ruled a triple before a replay review, snapped a 1-all tie and ended the slugger's drought of 86 at-bats dating to last season. Ted Lilly tossed five effective innings in his first start since shoulder surgery, giving the Dodgers' injury-depleted rotation a boost. Los Angeles had won five in a row at Citi Field. The 37-year-old Lilly allowed one run and struck out seven, wriggling out of two jams in his first big league outing since last May. The two-time All-Star opened 5-1 last season before he was sidelined by a left shoulder injury that required surgery in September. First time out, pretty good. Yeah, really good. I thought he was sharp," Dodgers manager Don Mattingly said. That's what Teddy does right there.