Not easy to knock out these New York Mets.
Pete Alonso golfed an early three-run homer and the Mets hammered an extending the National League Championship Series with a 12-6 victory over the Los Angeles Dodgers in Game 5 on Friday.
B次元官网网址淲e understood that this is a do-or-die game and we have to give everything we had, and thatB次元官网网址檚 what we did,B次元官网网址� shortstop Francisco Lindor said.
had three doubles, four hits and three RBIs for New York. Francisco Alvarez broke out of a slump with three hits B次元官网网址� including an RBI single in a five-run third inning.
Jesse Winker laced an RBI triple and so did Lindor, feeling good vibes after
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including the past two nights at home, the wild-card Mets turned the tables and saved their thrilling season for the second time in these playoffs B次元官网网址� both with the help of a three-run shot by Alonso. They trimmed their series deficit to 3-2 and sent the best-of-seven NLCS back to Los Angeles for Game 6 on Sunday.
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Sean Manaea is lined up to start Sunday for New York on five daysB次元官网网址� rest, while the Dodgers will go with another bullpen game because of a thin rotation decimated by injuries.
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With an opportunity to pitch his hometown team into the World Series, an ailing Flaherty flopped. After throwing he fell behind 3-0 four batters in when Alonso launched a low slider 432 feet to center field for his fourth homer this postseason.
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Alonso, poised to become a prized free agent this fall, also hit That one was more dramatic, coming with New York trailing 2-0 and down to its final two outs in the ninth.
But once again, Alonso went deep to help that drafted him in 2016. The ball was just more than a foot above the ground when he connected, the second-lowest pitch Alonso has homered on in his career.
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The big slugger also scored four runs and fought back from an 0-2 count to draw a leadoff walk in the third, when the Mets batted around and opened an 8-1 cushion.
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Aware it could be the last home game for Alonso at Citi Field, the sellout crowd of 43,841 chanted his name when he batted in the eighth.
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Flaherty allowed eight runs and eight hits in three innings. He failed to strike out a batter for the first time since a September 2022 game with St. Louis against Pittsburgh.
After striking out 12 times Thursday night, the Mets did not whiff once. They became the first team to do that in the postseason since the Angels in Game 2 of the 2002 World Series against San Francisco.
B次元官网网址淲e didnB次元官网网址檛 chase his secondary pitches,B次元官网网址� Mendoza said, referring to Flaherty. B次元官网网址淲e know heB次元官网网址檚 got that slider and the knuckle-curve, and heB次元官网网址檚 going to try to make us chase and we didnB次元官网网址檛 do that today. And when he came in the zone with his fastball, we were ready. And thatB次元官网网址檚 the key.B次元官网网址�
New York starter David Peterson pitched out of serious trouble in the first B次元官网网址� aided by a baserunning mistake from Shohei Ohtani B次元官网网址� but was unable to make it through the fourth despite being given a seven-run lead. Reed Garrett entered with the bases loaded and threw a called third strike past Freddie Freeman on a full-count sweeper to end the inning.
Dodgers rookie Andy Pages homered twice and drove in four runs. Mookie Betts went deep for the second consecutive game, helping Los Angeles cut an eight-run deficit to 10-6.
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But then Ryne Stanek and D铆az settled things down as the Mets put this one away. Stanek worked a career-high 2 1/3 innings for the victory, and D铆az got six outs without permitting a run.
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To rally and take the NL pennant, though, the Mets need two more wins in LA.
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Dodgers: Freeman went 0 for 5 with two strikeouts in the cleanup spot, returning to the lineup after with a badly sprained right ankle thatB次元官网网址檚 caused him to miss two games this postseason. Roberts indicated the All-Star first baseman might not start in Game 6 against Manaea, a nasty left-hander.
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Mets: Jeff McNeil had two sacrifice flies in his first playoff start, replacing slumping Jose Iglesias at second base. for the NLCS B次元官网网址� he had been B次元官网网址� and was hitless in three pinch-hitting appearances before Friday.
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