The loss was the 12th for the Mets in an opponent’s final at-bat on the road. They fell to 2-8 on the trip, with one more game here Sunday.  Dodgers Manager Joe Torre, with eight relievers crammed into his bullpen, used every one of them to stifle the Mets, who went 0 for 12 in extra innings and managed two base runners, both on walks, after the sixth. That left Manager Jerry Manuel, who received a vote of confidence Thursday from General Manager Omar Minaya — but not from Jeff Wilpon, the chief operating officer — at a loss.  Manuel said he was not sure if players were trying to hit home runs or whether they were becoming tight as the pressure of the game mounted. All he knew was that given the offense’s pattern, it was only a matter of time before one of his relievers gave up a run to lose another game in walk-off style.  “We didn’t mount anything,” Manuel said. “We didn’t have a scare, to get a run or anything. I feel we’re better than this.”  Perez, who escaped a bases-loaded situation in extra innings Wednesday at Arizona, took the loss and fell to 0-4, but he deserved some credit for wriggling out of trouble not of his making in the 12th inning.  Elmer Dessens put runners at first and third with one out. With the left-handed hitter Andre Ethier coming to the plate, Manuel called upon Perez, who had made only that one appearance Wednesday since being recalled from the disabled list July 21.  Perez got Ethier to foul out to catcher Henry Blanco, then walked Rafael Furcal intentionally. Pinch-hitter Jamey Carroll hit into a force play to end the threat, and Perez walked off the mound pounding his glove. His was less enthusiastic after Loney’s home run.  “I made one mistake,” Perez said. “I wanted to throw it away and it was over the plate, and he made me pay.”  The Mets’ best chance to score in the late innings came in the ninth. Josh Thole drew a leadoff walk off Jonathan Broxton, usually the Dodgers’ closer. Jose Reyes sacrificed Thole to second, and Thole went to third on Luis Castillo’s groundout. But after Angel Pagan walked, the slumping David Wright struck out on three pitches, the last of which was a 98-mile-per-hour fastball.  Wright, who went 1 for 6 with two strikeouts, could be showing signs of fatigue, and Manuel said he would try to give him a day off Sunday or Tuesday, when the Mets return to Citi Field. Wright, who has missed only one game this season, on May 19, is 7 for 40 (.175) on the trip, with only two extra-base hits.  Although he did not figure in the decision, Mike Pelfrey finally had an encouraging day. In his best start in a month, Pelfrey allowed two runs and six hits before being removed for a pinch-hitter in the sixth inning with the Mets desperately needing to score to tie the game, which they did. Rod Barajas and Reyes each knocked in runs with singles.  Who would have thought those would be the last hits and runs the Mets would get for the final seven innings? Anyone who watched Wednesday’s game.  “We’ve got to find a way to better our approach or something in extra innings,” Manuel said. “I don’t know if it’s a matter of what they’re doing to us or what we’re not doing. I don’t know if we were trying to hit it out of the park or what we’re trying to do, but it’s something we definitely need to address.”  Rod Barajas became the third Met to strain an oblique muscle this season, after Angel Pagan and Jose Reyes. Barajas was lifted from the game after his run-scoring hit in the sixth. He said he was optimistic he would not have to go on the disabled list.  A version of this article appears in print on July 25, 2010, on Page SP1 of the New York edition with the headline: Few Runs, Few Hits, No Explanations. Order Reprints| Today's Paper|Subscribe
Oliver Perez gave up a game-winning home run in the 13th inning after the Mets’ offense checked out of the game.