The Mets didn’t hear no bell. Pete Alonso hit a three-run homer in the first inning, Starling Marte doubled three times and New York out-slugged the Los Angeles Dodgers in a 12-6 victory on Friday in Game 5 of the National League Championship Series, which may have been the final game at Citi Field this season. After dropping Games 3 and 4 at home by a combined score of 18-2, this contest...
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The end might be near. Or, the Mets can start a three-game winning streak Friday that would stun baseball fans from Hollis, Queens to the Hollywood Hills. The Dodgers have dominated in three of the four NLCS games thus far, outscoring New York 30-9 and pushing it to the brink of elimination, prompting Francisco Lindor to channel Tug McGraw. “If you have no belief, you shouldn’t be...
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The Mets will look to even the National League Championship Series against the Dodgers on Thursday after getting shut out in Game 3 for the second time in three games. For inspiration, they could look to the 1960 World Series. The Pirates beat the Yankees in seven games, the series famously ending on a Bill Mazeroski walk-off home run. Lesser known about that series is that the Yankees won their...
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Teoscar Hernández bounced the ball out in front of the plate with nobody out and a runner on first in the second inning of a scoreless NLCS Game 2. Francisco Alvarez fielded it and had a choice to make: the sure out at first or the risky throw to try to get the lead runner at second. If an 8-0 loss can have turning points, this may have been one of them. Alvarez fired to second, but his throw...
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Good morning, Mets fans! The last four times the Mets were shutout, they won the next game. (And that includes Game 2 of this very series.) Kiké Hernández hit his 15th postseason home run (200 at-bats) and Shohei Ohtani hit a 410-foot, three-run blast as the Dodgers spoiled the first NLCS game at Citi Field in nine years with an 8-0 victory over New York to take a 2-1 series lead. The...
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