Rick Ankiel, signed by the Mets earlier in the day after clearing waivers and playing against the team that revived his career as a position player, just missed a diving catch on Ty Wigginton's pinch-hit bloop double to shallow center off Scott Rice (1-3) to open the seventh.

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But with the meat of the order coming up, Werth grounded into a 6-4-3 double play against 31-year-old rookie Scott Rice.

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Nick Punto opened the Dodgers' ninth with a double off Scott Rice (1-1) and moved to third on a grounder to the right side by Adrian Gonzalez.

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Selected sixth overall in the 2011 amateur draft out of Rice, he was called up from Double-A Harrisburg to fill in for injured third baseman Ryan Zimmerman.

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Ozuna took advantage of Rice's lack of control with a two-run double to left to tie the game at 6-all.

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