The second baseman hit a home run in six consecutive playoff games, bested former teammate Carlos Beltran’s record of five straight games that the outfielder set in 2004.
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Daniel Murphy is officially a postseason legend, and the New York Mets are actually going to the World Series. However, Murphy is now the franchise’s all-time postseason home run leader while surpassing the mark originally set by Mike Piazza, who needed two separate postseasons to lead the way.
The slugger was the MVP of the ALCS after he hit six bombs in six games and drove in 13 runs. They went on to win 8-3 to become National League champions. They will play at Toronto or Kansas City in Game 1 on Tuesday night. By the time Jacob deGrom stunned them once more at Wrigley Field to take a 3-0 lead in the series, it was over. Now, they are playing for a shot at a World Series championship. Thomas Ian Nicholas, who played the star pitcher of the film, Henry Rowengartner, naturally showed up to the game on October 21, since he once brought the Cubs a huge win (in the movie). Their domination of the early part of the game and their pitching was impressive. They never recovered from a four-run deficit in a playoff game since the team was founded in 1870. They never trailed in any game during the series, and looked superior on both sides of the ball. It’s their first World Series since 2000 – a club led by Mike Piazza, Todd Zeile, Edgardo Alfonso, Benny Agbayani, Mike Hampton, Al Leiter, and Armando Benitez. With Jake Arrieta in their arsenal – another potential Cy Young victor – to go along with a lineup packed with young stars, 2015 was looking to be the Cubbies’ best chance at reaching their first World Series in 70 years.
“The Karate Kid” has been referenced several times this postseason, especially after the Mets first round matchup with the Los Angeles Dodges when second baseman Chase Utley took out New York shortstop Reuben Tejada with a nasty slide. I feel like the fans – and just about everyone else in baseball – should be proud of what we did. He added a double and two singles and has hit safely in each of the Mets’ nine postseason games.
The highest price recorded by SeatGeek was $1,175 for Game 6 of the 2013 World Series, when the Boston Red Sox vanquished the St. Louis Cardinals. The Mets touched down at JFK at around 2 p.m., a short flight from Chicago, which followed a long night of celebration, by the players and the diehards, many who spent the entire day at Citi Field, fans with names like Pinman, Sign Guy and CowbellMan. Bartolo Colon pitched 1 1-3 scoreless innings for his first playoff win since 2001, for Cleveland at Seattle.
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Rookie Kris Bryant hit a two-run homer for Chicago in the eighth, but it was way too late for the Cubs in their first appearance in the NLCS in 12 years.
