Mets Rout Dodgers 12-6 Behind Powerful Offense To Win Game 5 of NLCS And Avoid Elimination

 

Mets 1B Pete Alonso (Photo Credits to Brad Penner-Imagn Images)

The New York Mets beat the Los Angeles Dodgers 12-6 this afternoon in Game 5 of the NLCS at Citi Field to stave off elimination and now trail the series 3-2.

The Mets offense got off to a fast start in the bottom of the first after SS Francisco Lindor led off with a single and LF Brandon Nimmo followed with a walk.

Two batters later, 1B Pete Alonso blasted a three-run homer.

After a scoreless bottom of the second, Alonso walked to lead off the bottom of the third and DH Jesse Winker followed with a walk.

RF Starling Marte then hit a two-run double. 

Three batters later, catcher Francisco Alvarez hit a RBI single.

Lindor then hit a RBI triple.

Nimmo followed with a RBI single.

In the bottom of the fourth, Alonso led off with a hit by pitch and Winker followed with a RBI triple.

Three batters later, 2B Jeff McNeil drove in Winker with a sacrifice fly.

After a scoreless bottom of the fifth, Winker led off with a hit by pitch in the bottom of the sixth and Marte followed with a double.

Two batters layter, McNeil drove in Winker with another sacrifice fly.

After a scoreless bottom of the seventh, Alonso singled to lead off the bottom of the eighth and Winker followed with a single.

Marte then drove in Alonso with a RBI single.

LHP David Peterson worked out of a second and third and no out jam in the top of the first and then gave up a run in the top of the second on a wild pitch.

Peterson had a scoreless top of the third and retired the first two hitters he faced in the top of the fourth, but then gave up a solo homer to CF Andy Pages and then gave up a single to DH Shohei Ohtani and walked RF Mookie Betts and LF Teoscar Hernandez to load the bases and was then taken out.

RHP Reed Garrett came in next and struck out 1B Freddie Freeman on a 3-2 backdoor slider to end the inning.

Peterson's final line was 3.2 innings, six hits, two runs, four walks and three strikeouts.

Garrett stayed in for the top of the fifth and gave up a three-run homer to Pages and was taken out with two outs in the inning.

RHP Ryne Stanek followed and struck out Ohtani to end the fifth.

Stanek came back out for the top of the sixth and gave up a lead-off homer to Betts, but then came back to strike out Hernandez, 1B Freddie Freeman and 2B Tommy Edman flew out to centerfield to end the inning.

Stanek stayed in for the top of the seventh and had a 1-2-3 inning and was taken out.

His final line was 2.1 innings, one hit, one run, 0 walks and four strikeouts.

He picked up his first win of the postseason.

RHP Edwin Diaz then closed it out with two out scoreless innings in the top of the eighth and ninth.

The Mets are off tomorrow and return back to action on Sunday, October 20 at the Los Angeles Dodgers for Game 6 of the National League Championship Series at 8:08 p.m.