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New York Mets starter Jonathon Niese delivers a pitch during the first inning of a baseball game against the Los Angeles Dodgers, Friday, May 6, 2011, at Citi Field in New York. Frank Franklin II, Associated Press
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Los Angeles Dodgers left fielder Jerry Sands dives but can't get a glove on a triple hit by New York Mets' Jose Reyes during the fifth inning of a baseball game, Friday, May 6, 2011, at Citi Field in New York Frank Franklin II, Associated Press
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Los Angeles Dodgers' Hiroki Kuroda, of Japan, delivers a pitch during the first inning of a baseball game against the New York Mets, Friday, May 6, 2011, at Citi Field in New York. Frank Franklin II, Associated Press
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Chris Cannizzaro, 10, throws out the ceremonial first pitch before a baseball game between the Los Angeles Dodgers and the New York Mets Friday, May 6, 2011, at Citi Field in New York. Frank Franklin II, Associated Press

By Associated Press

NEW YORK — Andre Ethier became the first player in two years to extend a hitting streak to 30 games, but Jason Pridie's three-run homer in the sixth inning carried the New York Mets past the Los Angeles Dodgers 6-3 Friday night in the opener of a weekend series between baseball's most financially troubled teams.

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Pridie, a 27-year-old with just four big league at-bats before this year, hit his first career home run April 24 against Arizona — also a three-run drive. With the Mets trailing 3-2 on Friday, he homered off a bullpen roof in right-center against Hiroki Kuroda (3-3) following an intentional walk to Ike Davis.

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