The New York Mets now find themselves on the brink of elimination as their troubles containing the Los Angeles Dodgers offense in the NLCS continued on Thursday. For the third time in four game, the Dodgers offense found a way to score eight or more runs as they picked up a 10-2 win at Citi Field. The Dodgers are now one win away from reaching the World Series for the first time since 2020. Jose...
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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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You win some, you lose some. On Wednesday night, the Mets found themselves on the latter side of that statement. The offense was stymied in an 8-0 loss, as the Mets as a unit only mustered four hits and eight baserunners over the course of the contest. However, it wasn’t as if they didn’t have chances to make a dent in the scoreboard. Their first opportunity came in the bottom of the...
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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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Tied 1-1 in the 2024 National League Championship Series, the Mets welcomed the Los Angeles Dodgers to New York for Game 3 of the best-of-seven championship series. To welcome the NLCS to New York, the Mets also once again dawned their black jerseys. The Dodgers sent right-handed pitcher Walker Buehler (1-6, 5.38 in the 2024 regular season; 0-1, 6.00 ERA in the 2024 postseason) to the mound...
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Wednesday, October 16, 2024 • 8:08 PM Citi Field • Flushing, NY RHP Walker Buehler (1-6, 5.38) vs. RHP Luis Severino (11-7, 3.91) FS1 It’s a brand new NLCS, all tied up at one game a piece. Francisco Lindor ended the Dodgers’ 33-inning postseason scoreless streak with a leadoff home run on Monday. The Dodgers responded by intentionally walking Lindor in his next at-bat to face Mark Vientos...
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