The Mets beat the Los Angeles Dodgers 12-6 on the 19th (Korea time) after an active batting battle in Game 5 of the National League Championship Series (NLCS) at City Field, New York.토토사이트
Following their two wins and three losses in the series, the Mets can advance to the World Series only when they win both games. Games 6 and 7 between the two teams will be held at Dodger Stadium from Friday to Sunday.
The Dodgers allowed eight runs in the midst of severe turbulence, in which the trusted starter Jack Fleherty gave up eight hits and four walks, including one homer. It was not Fleherty, who pitched seven innings without allowing two hits and no runs in the first game. As if he were signaled by Mets hitters, he failed to induce swings and misses, and his ball control did not work.
Dodgers' twin guns Shohei Ohtani (2 hits and 1 walk in 2 at-bats) and Mookie Betts (2 hits and 1 RBI in 4 at-bats) achieved multi-hits, but they failed to connect effectively, and rookie center fielder Endi Parz hit multiple home runs and worked hard.
The Mets struggled with starter David Peterson giving up six hits and four walks in three ⅔ innings, but minimized the number of runs to two, setting the stage for the victory. Edwin Diaz, who took the mound in the eighth inning with an 11-6 lead, finished the game with two hits and two strikeouts in two innings.
The Dodgers failed to score a single point in the top of the first inning with runners on the second and third bases with no outs. The leadoff man Ohtani hit an 82.3 mile slider at Peterson's sixth pitch, which passed the left side of the second base to the right-center field. Betts then drew a walk, and Peterson's wild pitch gave him a chance to hit the second and third bases with no outs. However, no follow-up hits occurred. Teoscar Hernandez grounded out to shortstop, Freddie Freeman hit a straight hit to the first base, and Tommy Edman struck out swinging, respectively.
Then, the Mets took advantage of the chance in the bottom of the first inning to gain the upper hand. Pete Alonso hit a three-run homer in the middle of the game with a chance at the first and second bases made by frontrunner Francisco Lindor's right-handed hit and Brandon Nimmo's walk. At 2B1S, Alonso rolled up a low 84-mile slider in the middle of Fleherty's fourth pitch to well over the central fence. With a shooting angle of 24 degrees, a batting speed of 113.6 miles and a flying distance of 432 feet, Alonso's fourth homer of this postseason.
The Dodgers recovered a point in the top of the second inning. With first-runner Kike Hernandez's walk and second-base hit, Peterson's wild pitch drove home Kike. Ohtani then drew a walk from the full count to continue the chance with two outs and runners on the first and second bases, but Betts hit a foul fly to the first baseman and failed to score an additional point.
However, the Mets beat Fleherty with four hits and two walks in the bottom of the third inning and scored five runs to bring the mood to perfection. With runners on the first and second bases loaded with no outs and back-to-back walks by leadoff Alonso and Jesse Winker, Starling Marte hit a double to the left field line, leading the team to a 5-1 victory. With runners on third and second bases with two outs, Francisco Alvarez's timely hit to the left, Lindor's triple to the right, and Nemo's right-handed hit in succession, leading the team to an 8-1 victory.
The Dodgers' pursuit was also daunting. After two outs in the top of the fourth inning, Pazs hit a solo home run to left-center field to make up for a point, Ohtani's missed hit to left-center field and Betts and Teosca's consecutive walks continued to give the Dodgers a chance to load the bases with two outs. Freeman, however, failed to take advantage of the golden opportunity as he was struck out by a rookie pitcher Reed Garrett.
When the Mets added a triple by Winker with no outs and a sacrifice fly by Jeff McNeil in the bottom of the fourth inning to widen the gap to 10-2, the Dodgers followed with a three-run homer by Pazs in the middle of the fifth inning. Pazs, who hit two home runs, became the first rookie in Dodgers history to hit multiple home runs in a postseason game.
In the top of the sixth inning, Betts scored a solo shot to left to right, adding another run. Betts' fourth homer of this postseason.
However, the Mets gained the upper hand by adding a valuable run in the bottom of the sixth inning with a 10-6 lead. McNeil, a runner on the second and third bases with one out, hit a sacrifice fly to center field to bring in Winker, and ran away 11-6 again. Marte's timely hit in the bottom of the eighth inning gave the Mets a 12-6 run to secure their victory.