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The Brewers, who have never won a World Series, are on the brink of advancing to the World Series after beating the Dodgers 6-2 to take a 3-0 NLCS lead on Wednesday. Milwaukee was down 2-1 in the seventh before Jake Bauers and Garrett Mitchell hit back-to-back homers off Blake Snell to retake the lead for good. Game 4 is tonight at 8:00 p.m. ET on Fox.
Game 3 of the ALCS today has been moved up to 1 p.m., from 6 p.m., to avoid a forecasted storm in Cleveland. The Guardians and Rays are tied 1-1 in the series. TBS has the action.
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Latest Mets News
Carson Benge and Nolan McLean were both snubbed from the finalist list for the MLBPA Player’s Choice Award for Outstanding NL Rookie. TJ Rumfield, Sal Stewart and JJ Weatherhold are the NL finalists.
The Mets are planning to expand their pro scouting department, likely leading to more in-person scouting, per Will Sammon of The Athletic.
After the Phillies fired hitting coach Kevin Long, The Athletic speculated that he could return to the Mets. Long was the Mets’ hitting coach from 2015-17 and remains close with Juan Soto.
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The Phillies signed manager Don Mattingly to a two-year deal. MMO has more.
The Astros are not bringing back manager Joe Espada, according to Jorge Castillo of ESPN.
MiLB attendance dropped for the third straight season, dipping under 30 million fans for the first time in decades, per Baseball America.
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Robert Colonna gave his report card for David Stearns.
Michael Mayer wrote about Nolan McLean, Luis Torrens and Carson Benge being named Gold Glove finalists.
On This Date in Mets History
Oct. 15 has been a special day for the Mets in their playoff runs:
In 1969, the Mets beat the Orioles 2-1 in extra innings at Shea to take a 3-1 World Series lead. Tom Seaver pitched a 10-inning complete game, and Ron Swaboda made his iconic game-saving catch.
In 2015, the Mets beat the Dodgers 3-2 in Game 5 of the NLDS to advance to the NLCS. Daniel Murphy put on a one-man offensive show, driving in an an early run, hitting a go-ahead homer and stealing third base on a Lucas Duda walk when nobody was covering.
On This Date in 1986 Mets
And in 1986, the Mets won a crazy Game 6 of the NLCS in 16 innings to clinch the pennant. They came back from a 3-0 deficit in the ninth inning and went on to beat the Astros 7-6.
