Mets Outclassed by Powerful Dodgers in Game 3
The New York Mets are really up against the proverbial wall now. Yes, Game 3 was only one of potentially seven games in the 2024 NLCS, but the LA Dodgers…
NEW YORK, NEW YORK – OCTOBER 16: Shohei Ohtani #17 of the Los Angeles Dodgers rounds the bases after hitting a home run in the eighth inning against the New York Mets during Game Three of the National League Championship Series at Citi Field on October 16, 2024 in New York City.
(Photo by Luke Hales/Getty Images)The New York Mets are really up against the proverbial wall now. Yes, Game 3 was only one of potentially seven games in the 2024 NLCS, but the LA Dodgers came to Citi Field and made a huge statement that the National League, and likely this series is there for the taking.
When Kike Hernandez crushed a Reed Garrett pitch and deposited it over left-center field wall to give the Dodgers a 4-0 lead, you knew Game 3 was all but over.
Shohei Ohtani and Max Muncy then put the series itself in question when they launched pitches to the moon. Ohtani's homer skied the top of the right field foul pole, and Muncy's homer landed in the second row of the upper deck. Just like that the scoreboard read Dodgers 8 - Mets 0.
For the second time in this series, LA blanked the Mets, who outside of home runs by Francisco Lindor and Mark Vientos have done very little with the bats.
The Mets had only four hits on Wednesday and left eight men on base. In the three games, the Mets are 4-for-19 with runners in scoring position and have stranded 23 men on base.
Pete Alonso is 1-for-11; Brandon Nimmo is 1-for-10, and Francisco Alvarez is 1-for-9 in this series. That's a lot of missing offense from key contributors.
Worse off is the pitching. The Mets walked seven batters on Wednesday. Four of those walks were issued by starter Luis Severino who only lasted 4.2 innings. Tylor Megill got lit up, allowing the two late-inning bombs and walking three.
The Mets will start Jose Quintana, who has been both good and bad at times this year. He has been great lately in the postseason, and the Mets need him to continue that tonight. But one thing is clear the Dodgers have all the momentum pointing in their direction.
There is a reason why the Dodgers won 98 games this year, and were pound-for-pound the most consistent team in baseball all year. If the Mets aren't careful, LA could be celebrating their fourth trip to the World Series in the last eight seasons with a party at Citi Field on Friday.
The goal for the Mets right now is survival, and to prevent an LA celebration at Citi Field. Win a game, and force this series back to LA.
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