NEW YORK — The New York Mets’ first try to guard residence discipline at Citi Area within the Nationwide League Championship Collection went with a whimper.
In Sport 3, the Dodgers made it a one-sided affair, with three residence runs, together with a mammoth blast from Shohei Ohtani, because the Mets had been shut out for the second time within the sequence.
However the Mets have had their backs up in opposition to the wall greater than as soon as within the 2024 season, and so they’ll be seeking to present their resolve in Sport 4 at 8:08 p.m. on Thursday.
“Keep the course. Proceed to compete,” Francisco Lindor stated following the loss. “Come again tomorrow and provides every little thing you might have. They’re a very good staff. They’ve a very good pitching workers and good hitters. You must give them every little thing you might have, in any other case you’re not going to win.”
The Mets may very well be inspired by the presence of Jose Quintana on the mound for Sport 4. This postseason, Quintana tossed six scoreless innings within the staff’s Sport 3 win within the Wild Card spherical in opposition to the Brewers. Then, in Sport 4 of the NLDS in opposition to the Phillies, Quintana allowed one run (no earned) in 5 innings earlier than Lindor despatched the Mets on with a six-inning grand slam.
The Mets want Quintana to try to copy that feat with the Dodgers seeking to seize a stranglehold on the sequence. They lead the best-of-seven NLCS, 2-1, with two extra video games at Citi Area earlier than a tentative journey again to Los Angeles.
Yoshinobu Yamamoto was tagged for 5 earned runs in three innings in his postseason debut in opposition to the Padres within the NLDS, however he bounced again to toss 5 scoreless within the Dodgers’ series-clinching Sport 5 win. In Yamamoto’s lone begin in opposition to the Mets, he struck out 9 in six innings but additionally gave up 4 runs (three earned) in a no-decision.
Examine again right here for the entire updates and reside evaluation from NLCS Sport 4 between the Mets and Dodgers:
Mark Vientos evens the rating with solo residence run in backside first
After Mets followers didn’t have an entire lot to cheer about in Sport 3, Mark Vientos gave them one thing firstly of Sport 4.
Vientos tagged a 95.1 mph fastball from the Dodgers’ Yoshinobu Yamamoto over the right-field wall to reply Shohei Ohtani’s leadoff blast. It’s Vientos’ team-high fourth residence run of the postseason. The Mets and Dodgers are tied 1-1 after the primary inning.
Shohei Ohtani blasts leadoff residence run off Jose Quintana
It didn’t take lengthy for the Dodgers to quiet the Citi Area crowd in Sport 4.
On the second pitch of the night time from the Mets’ Jose Quintana, Shohei Ohtani blasted a solo residence run on a dangling sinker 422 ft into the Mets’ bullpen. It’s the first earned run that Quintana has given up in three postseason begins this season.
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Mets vs Dodgers NLCS Sport 4 time right this moment
- Time: 8:08 p.m.
- Location: Citi Area, Flushing, NY
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