Ian Thomas, Justin Turner lead Dodgers past Mets, 7-2

At the moment the Dodgers’ rotation is a weak Jackson Pollack impersonation. They throw it up there and hope it comes out looking good.

On Friday the Dodgers went to their 13th different starting pitcher this season, already tying the most used by the organization since the 1952 Brooklyn Dodgers needed 14 starters.

Friday the call went to Ian Thomas, who in truth, had done little at triple-A Oklahoma City to warrant the call-up (4-1, but with a 6.30 earned-run average and 1.60 walks plus hits per inning pitched). But with three starters on the disabled list, one on paternity leave and another trying to overcome an Achilles’ tendon strain, the Dodgers were not in position to be real picky.

All Thomas did was hold the Mets to one run on three hits and no walks in the five innings of his first start in the majors, riding the bat of Justin Turner to defeat the Mets, 7-2, at Citi Field.

Turner, the infielder the Mets simply let go before the 2014 season, batted third Friday and added his 13th home run and two doubles. He looked a lot like the hitter the Mets are desperately searching for right now.

By the fifth inning, every Dodgers position player had at least one hit. Mets left-hander Jon Niese’s wife went into labor before the game’s start and he pitched like a man distracted. He lasted only three innings, and by then the Dodgers already had a 6-0 lead.

Yasiel Puig and Jimmy Rollins also homered for the Dodgers, who continue to lead the National League in that area with 122. Rollins became the seventh Dodger this season with at least 10 home runs.

That was all a boon for Thomas, and he responded, giving the Dodgers a much-needed five strong innings. This is not some phenom, but a 28-year-old left-hander who has spent most of the last seven years in the minors.

He came to the Dodgers from Atlanta along with Alberto Callaspo in the deal for Juan Uribe and Chris Withrow. Uribe was traded Friday to the Mets, so the Dodgers may see him again this weekend.

Thomas made two relief appearances for the Dodgers this season, giving up four runs on five hits and three walks in five innings. The Dodgers had to reach deep into their system to come up with their 13th starter and there had been little to indicate he would give them the kind of outing he pulled off Friday.

It did not hurt that the opponent was the Mets, an injury-riddled team with little current offensive punch. Still, he looked like a man in control, not walking a batter.

The Mets did not push a run across against him until the fifth inning, and then it came when Lucas Duda dumped a soft double into left and ended up scoring on a pair of groundouts.

Joel Peralta struggled when taking over in the sixth inning, giving up a run on three two-out hits, but Juan Nicasio, Pedro Baez and Josh Ravin held the Mets scoreless over the final 3 1/3 innings.

The victory pushed the Dodgers 14 games over the .500 mark (56-42) for the first time this season.