Sean Manaea is the starter for the Mets in what will most likely be a bullpen game for the Dodgers. Freddie Freeman not in the lineup. Muncy at first and Taylor is playing second. Will Smith is batting 8th. Michael Kopech is the opener tonight for the Dodgers.
In the first inning, Kopech walked Lindor. A wild pitch got him to second base. Nimmo grounded out and Lindor went to third. Vientos struck out. Alonso then hit a high chopper over the pitcher’s mound that was fielded by Taylor. Taylor’s throw to first got past Muncy and the run scored. The play was ruled an error and Alonso wound up at second. Marte flew out to Betts to end the inning. Bottom of the first, Ohtani singled up the middle. Betts struck out. Teo then got his first hit of the series, a booming single off of the CF fence. Ohtani to third. Tommy Edman doubled down the left field line scoring Ohtani and Hernandez. 2-1 LA. Muncy flied out and Kike walked. Pages popped out to end the inning.
In the top of the second, Casparius came in to pitch. Taylor flied out and McNeil grounded out to second. Alvarez walked and Lindor singled. Nimmo popped out to end the inning. In the bottom of the inning, Smith grounded out to third. Taylor singled. Ohtani struck out and Taylor stole second. Betts then grounded out to end the inning. In the top of the third, Casparius got Vientos to ground out. Alonso singled to center. Banda replaced Casparius. Winker walked. Banda hit Taylor, loading the bases. He struck out McNeil to end the inning.
Bottom of the third, Teo singled for his second hit of the series, and Edman homered to left. 4-1 LA. Muncy walked and Maton replaced Manaea. Muncy stole second. Kike and Pages struck out. Smith then homered to dead center. 6-1 LA. Taylor flied out. In the top of the 4th, Banda still pitching. Alvarez singled. Lindor lined out. Nimmo struck out and Brasier replaced Banda. Vientos homered to center field. Alonso grounded out to Edman. 6-3 LA.
Bottom of the 4th, Diaz replaced Maton for the Mets. Ohtani popped out. Betts walked and stole second. Teo popped out and Edman flied out to center. Top of the fifth. Brasier still pitching. Winker singled to right. Marte struck out, Taylor flied out to center and McNeil lined out to right. Bottom of the fifth, Diaz still pitching. Muncy grounded out, Kike struck out and Pages lined out to SS. Top of the sixth, Phillips in to pitch. Alvarez singled. Lindor flied out to left. Nimmo lined out to center. Vientos walked. Alonso walked to load the bases. Winker flied out to left.
Bottom of the sixth, Stanek in for the Mets. Smith walks. Chris Taylor bunted for a single. Ohtani singled to center driving in Smith. 7-3 LA. Garrett in to pitch for the Mets. Betts lined into a force play, Ohtani out at second. Taylor to third, Betts on first. Teo lines out to SS. Betts steals second. Edman grounds out to end the inning. Top of the seventh, 9 outs to go. Hudson in to pitch for the Dodgers. Marte leading off for the Mets grounded out to third. Taylor singled to left. McNeil singled on the first pitch to center. Taylor to third. Alvarez hits a sac-fly to right scoring Taylor. 7-4 LA. Lindor strikes out to end the inning.
Bottom of the seventh Senga in to pitch for the Mets. Muncy was hit by a pitch. Kike hit into a force play, Muncy out at second. Pages strikes out. Smith lined out on the first pitch to left field. Top of the eighth. Treinen in to pitch for the Dodgers. Nimmo strikes out. Vientos strikes out. Alonso strikes out. LA is three outs away from winning the pennant! All three Ks by Treinen were swinging strikes. Bottom of the eighth. Taylor, Ohtani and Betts due up. Senga still pitching for the Mets. Taylor singles to center. Ohtani walks. Betts doubles scoring Taylor and sending Ohtani to third. 8-4 LA. Teo hits a sac-fly to right, Ohtani scores. 9-4 LA. Edman aboard on a fielder’s choice, Alonso throws Betts out at home. Muncy walks, Edman to second. Kike singles in Edman, Muncy to third. 10-4 LA. Butto replaces Senga pitching for the Mets. Pages flies out to center.
Top of the ninth. Treinen still pitching. Winker struck out. Marte grounded out to Treinen. Taylor singled to right. Taylor took second on defensive indifference. McNeil singled on a ball that was just barely over Taylors glove and Taylor scored. 10-5 LA. Alvarez grounded to Taylor who threw to Muncy for the final out. Dodgers heading back to the series for the first time since 2020. Tommy Edman was named NLCS MVP. Last NLCS MVP for LA was also their SS. Corey Seager.
In summary, it was not a clean game for the bullpen game. The only clean inning was Treinen’s 8th. Otherwise the Mets had runners on in every inning. Mets were 2-9 with RISP. They left 13 men on base. LA pitchers walked 6 and struck out 9. The Dodgers on the other hand had 11 hits, 6 walks and a hit batter. They hit 2 homers to the Mets 1. They were 5-17 with RISP and left 9 runners on base. The top of the Dodger order, Ohtani-Edman, had 7 hits, drove in 7 and scored 6.
Tonight, Roberts pushed all the right buttons. Tommy Edman trade by AF was GENIUS.
Yeahhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Dodgers redemption tour 2024.
You guys are great
4 more wins!
I love Tommy Edman. His middle name should be “Baseball,” cuz he’s a baseball playa’. Watching him play it’s obvious he’s one of those rare types that plays MLB free ‘n loose with no tension because he’s like a kid “in love” with the game itself.
Now we need to finish the job.
Is it right to assume we can get 6 starts (2 each from Yamamoto, Beuhler and Flaherty if fit) meaning we might only need a Bullpen game once?
Does Doc bring Freddie in considering we have won the 3 games he has hasn’t played?
Was Flaherty unwell or is he injured, and if so do we pivot to Knack or give Wrobo a go and hope for the best? Is Tony Gonsolin an option given that Knack must be feeling a a low ebb?
Lots to ponder
Had to watch it on the MLB archives due to the starting time and an important busniess appointment early morning Just finished it and I am stressed out.
That was nerve wrecking to watch until the bottom of the 8th when the Dodgers finally put the game away. As Bear wrote our bullpen arms let a lot of Mets on base, no easy inning but the 8th for our guys. But the offense kept on chugging and putting up more runs.
Tommey Edman earned that MVP award , what a series he put up!
Lets rest up and then on to the Yanks. 4 more wins !
Go Dodgers!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
No matter how you slice it they overcame so much to get there and everyone deserves all of the credit. One of the most resilient teams I have ever seen.
Exciting times!
I obviously want the Dodgers to win it all and will be disappointed in the moment if they do not, but for now all I can say is WOW! Team has heart, fortitude and a strong desire to pass the baton to the next player.
Doc has done a great job, probably his best managerial job ever. I was worried when Kopech was a bit wild and allowed a run in the first but to come back and get momentum on our side with two runs in the bottom of the first was huge. Laying off Manaea’s off speed stuff was key and then giving Casparius 1.1 innings was BIG.
As Doc and AF ponder the WS roster I wonder if Kelly, Graterol, and Miggy Ro are options? Knack doesn’t do much for me and I wonder if he’ll be on the roster. Does 7 days rest/therapy get FF’s ankle feeling better?
Yankees will score their share of runs as their offense is potent withJudge, Stanton and Soto.
Calling my shot right now. Ohtani has a huge WS performance and will be the MVP and the Dodgers will win it in front of the fans at DS and there will be a parade in DTLA.
Congrats to all who believed
It was a fun atmosphere all night at the Stadium. Seems the Mets had guys on base and ready to score and tie it up every inning, except Treinen’s filthy 8th.
The World Series will be a different level, with Soto Judge Stanton coming up every 2 innings. Can’t wait till Friday!
Watford, hopefully you pounded some water over there!!
The team with the best record is in the WS. All is well in the MLB. TV ratings will be huge.
I gotta give a shout out to Max Muncy who was doing crazy things out there in that series. In 27 plate appearance, Max got on base a whopping 17 times!!!!! A .630 On Base Percentage.
Think about last night’s game and how it was stressful every time The Mets got a base runner. Max basically did that for an entire series.
Simply incredible.
After beating the SD morons, I read that Teo said that the Dodgers hadn’t approached him about a contract extension, maybe that’s why he looked distracted, sad or disappointed, because I’m sure he would love to stay in LA. Maybe that made him fail in the first games against the Mets, and he realized that even though he won’t be back with the team, he’s playing to win a ring (in fact that’s why he signed with the Dodgers) and also to get a big contract next season. So I expect to see a very different Teo against the Yankees!
Now it’s time to beat the other asshole from NY….
AF said that Vesia and the Bazooka have a chance to be on the WS roster.
What a lift that would be for the bullpen and the team. Bazooka and Vesia for Knack and Honeywell ? What an upgrade that could be.
Go Dodgers!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Have you guys seen this LOL?
Jays have hired former Twins hitting coach, Dave Popkins as their new hitting coach. Padres open to discussing extension with Shildt.
Got my We Own the West T-shirt today, but they forgot my cap. So I had to contact them. Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr.
Boy am I glad I was so wrong about the SD series, I admit I wasn’t feeling it. Now that we got those guys out of the way, this team has really taken off. Reminds me of a car race, sometimes the trailing driver has trouble passing the lead car, even if the lead car is running slower laps, but once the lead car is overtaken, the overtaking car just runs off and leaves the pack behind, I see that effect now with the Dodgers. So put it in 6th gear and pass these Yankees and leave them in the dust.
So I am excited about the WS, should be exciting and I’m totally ready to see that Championship Parade in Los Angeles (sure you are likely to get shot in that crowd but what the hell. Hope the Dodgers have to use the Secret Service for security).
Kike didn’t get the MVP in the NCLS, but in the totality of the two series so far, Mr. October has to be the real MVP, plus he drops F bombs on LIve TV, so what’s not to like. Never did I think that huge injuries to two big time contributors (MIggy and Freddie) would pave the way to getting the two MVPs (Edman and Mr. October) into the lineup each game.
Felt good for Smith and CT last night. Bravo Boys!
Go Dodgers!!!
One more thing, wow should Eric’s performance be best described as an implosion or an explosion? Either way, he pushed the self-destruct button. (Eric still sounds more coherent than the narcissist douchbag on that other site, lol. both are mental and not missed in here).
Thanks Jeff for providing this blog for the mentally sound.
Bear, good job on all the history you provide to the blog. Very interesting stuff.
I said I was not going to post here for awhile or never again, but I wanted to thank dodgerpatch for nice words to me in his post. Thank you dodgerpatch. I was worried about you my friend because I haven’t seen you post for awhile. It isn’t a bunch of people I’ve had problems with, it’s only Bear. Don’t delete this post like you did when I tried to talk to Watford Dodger just because I mentioned your name. There’s no reason for it.
Interesting article about Honeywell and how Muncy is a big fan.
https://flip.it/U14bIV
love this at the end;
Honeywell shared with Vassegh what Muncy told him after he walked off the Citi Field mound in Game 5.
“He said that I won us Game 6,” Honeywell said.
“Wow. And you were right,” Vassegh told Muncy.