Citi Field will be ready with Grimaces, OMG signs and a specialty cocktail called playoff pumpkin. (If you want to drink along at home, it’s rum, ginger ale and pumpkin spice syrup with an orange wheel.) Darryl Strawberry will throw out the first pitch to Dwight Gooden. It’s been nine years since the Mets hosted a National League Championship Series game. The Mets are three wins away...
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At a Citi Field news conference Tuesday, manager Carlos Mendoza revealed that J.D. Martinez is likely to get his first NLCS start in Game 3. Martinez slumped through September but went 4-for-14 over the first two rounds of the playoffs. The Dodgers are starting right-hander Walker Buehler in Game 3 so it is a mini-surprise that Mendoza said “there’s a good chance” Martinez will...
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For Francisco Lindor’s latest trick, he broke up the Dodgers’ postseason record-tying 33-inning scoreless streak. “I was just trying to have a quality at-bat and get the guys going,” he said after the Mets’ 7-3 victory in Game 2 of the National League Championship Series. “I was not trying to hit a home run. Just trying to stay within myself. I’m trying...
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No baserunners in the first three innings. No hits in the first four. And no runs for nine. The Mets’ offense could only muster three singles in Game 1 of the National League Championship Series against the Dodgers in Los Angeles. The top five in the order – Francisco Lindor, Mark Vientos, Brandon Nimmo, Pete Alonso and Starling Marte – went a combined 0-for-17 with seven...
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Brandon Nimmo has been dealing with plantar fasciitis in his left foot since May, and he believes he aggravated it in Game 3 of the NLDS against the Phillies. However, he plans to stay in the lineup, according to an exclusive report from Tim Britton of The Athletic on Monday. “Right now, it hurts pretty good,” Nimmo, who was limping during Game 1 of the National League Championship...
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