Mets, San Diego, 1 win to NLCS Dodgers in danger of elimination for 3rd straight year
Mets, San Diego, 1 win to NLCS Dodgers in danger of elimination for 3rd straight year
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The New York Mets of Major League Baseball (MLB) are only one win away from advancing to the National League Championship Series (NLCS) for the first time in nine years.
The Mets won 7-2 in Game 3 of the 2024 MLB Postseason National League Division Series (NLDS, best-of-five series) against the Philadelphia Phillies at Citi Field in New York, New York, USA on the 9th.
The Mets, who returned home after going 1-1 at Philadelphia's Citizens Bank Park, won Game 3 and established a vital bridgehead for advancing to the NLCS.
The last time the Mets advanced to the Championship Series was nine years ago in 2015.
At the time, the Mets were trying to win their third World Series championship, following wins in 1969 and 1986, but lost to the Kansas City Royals 1 game to 4 losses in the World Series.
The Mets, who earned the nickname "Amazing Mets" for their surprising victory over the odds in their first championship in 1969, defeated the Milwaukee Brewers, the top team in the regular season, in the wild card this year and even pushed Philadelphia to the brink.
The Mets, backed by their enthusiastic home fans, took the lead in the second inning with a solo arch by Pete Alonso, his third home run of the series.
In the fourth, Jesse Winker hit a one-run home run, and in the sixth, with two outs and bases loaded, Starling Marte hit a two-RBI single to make it 4-0.
It didn't stop there, and in the 7th inning, with 2 outs and bases loaded, Jose Iglesias hit another 2 RBI single to secure the win.
Philadelphia cut the lead to two runs in the top of the eighth with back-to-back RBI hits by Bryce Harper and Nick Castellanos, but the Mets added another run in the bottom of the eighth with a double by Francisco Lindor, breaking their will to pursue.
Starting pitcher Shaun Manaea, who wore the Mets uniform this year, led the team to the win with a 7 inning pitching performance, allowing 3 hits, striking out 6, and allowing 1 run
Back at home, the San Diego Padres again defeated the Los Angeles Dodgers, taking the series lead to 2-1.
San Diego won Game 3 of the NLDS against the Dodgers 6-5, thanks to a concentrated effort that included scoring six runs in the second inning alone at Petco Park in San Diego, California.
If San Diego wins Game 4 at the same venue on the 10th, it will return to the NLCS for the first time in two years since 2022.
San Diego also met the Dodgers in the NLDS two years ago, dropping the first game but winning the next three games to advance to the NLCS.
San Diego, which gave up the first run in the first inning with a solo home run to Dodgers' Mookie Betts, turned the game around in the second inning.
With runners on first and third, Sander Boharz's grounder and fielder's choice tied the game, and with runners on first and second, San Diego followed up with a two-RBI, walk-off double by David Peralta to take a 3-1 lead.
With runners on first and third base, Kyle Higashioka hit a sacrifice fly, and Fernando Tatis Jr. completely destroyed Dodgers starter Walker Buehler with a two-run home run.
This is Tatis Jr.'s fourth home run of the fall baseball season.
The Dodgers narrowed the gap to one run in the third inning 스포츠 with a grand slam by Teoscar Hernandez, but they were unable to keep up and were held to their knees as their batting lineup was silent from the fourth to the ninth innings.
The Dodgers, backed into a corner, are in danger of being eliminated from the NLDS for the third straight year.
The Dodgers, who lost the series to San Diego in 2022 and the Arizona Diamondbacks last year with 1 win and 3 losses respectively, failed to show the prowess of a 'star corps' in this fall baseball season.
Shohei Ohtani, who started as the Dodgers' No. 1 designated hitter, got a taste of the game with 1 hit and 1 run in 4 at-bats, but was unable to save the team.