Ankiel settled on Niese's glove after borrowing from reliever Scott Rice for pregame warmups.
Scott Rice (2-3), who leads the majors with 25 relief appearances, pitched two scoreless innings for the victory.
Scott Rice (1-0) worked a scoreless ninth for his first big league win after 14 seasons in the minors.
Justin Upton was walked by Scott Rice with one out in the eighth and advanced to third on Freeman's single.
Ankiel, who used one of reliever Scott Rice's gloves, said he'd have made the catch if he'd had his own glove.
Scott Rice (1-2) walked Pirates slugger Andrew McCutchen with one out in the eighth before Brandon Lyon walked pinch-hitter Gaby Sanchez.
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.
Scott Rice, making his big league debut after spending 14 seasons in the minors, struck out two in a perfect ninth.
Mets reliever Scott Rice, making his big league debut after 14 seasons in the minors, struck out two in a perfect ninth.
Freddie Freeman hit an RBI single in the sixth off Scott Rice.
Scott Rice, Gregg Burke and Bobby Parnell combined for one-hit relief, with Parnell pitching a perfect ninth for his fifth save in seven chances.
Scott Rice (3-3) tossed a scoreless inning and the Mets took the unbeaten Harvey off the hook for a loss for the third time this year.
Still, Harvey left the game with a 6-4 lead and was relieved by Scott Rice (3-4), who issued three consecutive walks with one out in the sixth.
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.
Faces buried in a newspaper, pens in hand, Scott Atchison, Jeremy Hefner and Scott Rice spend their mornings racing to finish the daily crossword puzzle before first pitch.
Marcum left the game with two on and two out in the seventh and Scott Rice's wild pitch to pinch hitter Ty Wigginton allowed Daniel Descalso to score the go-ahead run.
He left the game with two on and two out in the seventh and Scott Rice's wild pitch to pinch hitter Ty Wigginton allowed Daniel Descalso to score the go-ahead run.
The Mets made some cuts Friday: Non-roster pitcher Scott Rice beat out Robert Carson as the second left-hander in the bullpen to make his first major league roster in his 15th professional season.
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.
Kevin Rice and Dylan Donahue each have 19, JoJo Marasco and Henry Schoonmaker have 18, and Scott Loy checks in with 17.
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