(New York) Shohei Ohtani set the tone with a home run as the game’s first batter and the Los Angeles Dodgers took a 3-1 lead in the NL Championship Series on Thursday, inflicting a tough 10-2 defeat to the New York Mets.
Published at 6:10 a.m.
Mike Fitzpatrick
Associated Press
Ohtani also drew three walks; he ended up scoring every time.
Mookie Betts added a two-run homer and an equally productive double.
The two-goal made it 5-2 in the fourth; the long ball came in the sixth.
Max Muncy went on base for a 12th straight at-bat, a major league playoff record.
Game 5 will take place on Friday evening, once again at Citi Field. A packed house of 43,882 fans were there on Thursday.
Starting for the Dodgers on Friday will be Jack Flaherty, who is from Los Angeles.
The Mets will respond with David Peterson.
Tommy Edman drove in three runs including a double that scored Ohtani in the third to break the 1-1 deadlock.
Mark Vientos of the Mets hit his fourth home run since the start of the series.
Before Wednesday (an 8-0 blowout at home), the Mets were 14-2 in their previous 16 games at Citi Field.
“I like the fact that our guys didn’t take their foot off the gas,” Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said. We don’t want to give any momentum to the Mets. »
The Dodgers have been outscored 30-9 since the start of the series.
“You have to give credit to the Dodgers,” Mets manager Carlos Mendoza said. They have a lot of depth. »
