“We’ve done it all year long”.
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In the fourth, Murphy opened with a single and advanced to second on a walk to first baseman Lucas Duda. The ball stays in the park but it’s also deep enough to score Murphy on a sacrifice fly, and that ties the score at 2-2, as Murphy’s awareness on the basepaths proves that Mattingly’s worries were indeed justified.
And for the Dodgers, too. In the postseason, the Mets needed someone to step up and Murphy did just that. Young slugger Kyle Schwarber shrugged at the same question, saying finally “I just know he’s Manny”. Murphy also made a spectacular diving catch to secure the final out in Game 1. “If the series goes to a seventh game, I expect it to become MLB’s most viewed game in cable TV history by far”. 333 (7-for-21) with three home runs and five RBI. The Mets’ offense besides Daniel Murphy didn’t offer much in the first series, although it can’t be forgotten that Clayton Kershaw and Zack Greinke started two games apiece and the Mets’ lineup raked in Game 3. He’s always to me been a guy that’s been a tough out. He only allowed two runs in the bottom of the first and then held the Dodgers scoreless through the sixth inning.
In the regular season where the Dodgers finished at 92-70, Greinke played and started in 32 games having a 1.66 earned run average (ERA), 200 strikeouts, 0.84 walks and hits per innings pitched (WHIP), and a 19-3 record.
“I think I was a little amped up, and I just tried to make my pitches”, deGrom said.
“If this is the exact same team next year, yeah”, he said. He has proven to be able to get clutch hits whenever New York needs one and even surprised many with his home run power.
Greinke was 1-1 in the postseason, yielding five runs (including three homers) in 13 1/3 innings.
Chicago hit several line drives that were turned into outs, including one that prompted Harvey to duck quickly out of the way and another that struck him near his pitching shoulder. “Looking back at it, it was the wrong decision”.
Meanwhile, the New York Yankees spent the second-highest total, an estimated $219 million, and were knocked out in the AL Wild Card Game.
With Syndergaard being used in Game 5, the Mets will be turning to Harvey to start Game 1 of the NLCS against the Chicago Cubs.
Curtis Granderson robbed former East Lake standout Chris Coghlan of a likely home run with a leaping grab at the rightfield wall, swiped two bases and scored twice for the Mets.
“He’s locked in, and when he gets locked in he can do a few damage offensively, and you’re seeing that right now”, teammate David Wright said. All but the Astros were division champs, and the Cardinals won an MLB-best 100 games.
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Los Angeles failed to capitalize with two runners on in both the second and third.
