Jacob deGrom settled in after a rough first inning and the Mets broke a 2-2 tie in the sixth inning en route to a 5-2 victory over the Cubs on Tuesday night at Wrigley Field in Game 3 of the NLCS.
With the game tied, 2-2, with two outs in the sixth inning, Michael Conforto struck out but the ball got away from Cubs catcher Miguel Montero as Yoenis Cespedes scored from third base to give the Mets a 3-2 lead. Wilmer Flores then hit a ball to right field that got by a diving Jorge Soler, rolled to the wall and got caught in the ivy. Conforto would’ve scored easily, but he was forced to go back to third base due to Wrigley Field’s ground rule. Jacob deGrom then flew out with runners on second and third to end the inning.
Yoenis Cespedes lined a single off Kyle Scwarber‘s glove in the seventh inning as the Mets increased their lead to 4-2. Later in the inning, Lucas Duda grounded out to first base but Daniel Murphy beat the throw home as the Mets went up 5-2.
With one out in the first inning, Cespedes lined a double to left-center to drive in David Wright and give the Mets a 1-0 lead, but Kyle Schwarber’s solo homer to left off Jacob deGrom in the bottom of the inning tied things, 1-1.
Daniel Murphy’s solo homer in the third inning — his fifth homer in five games — gave the Mets a 2-1 lead, but Jorge Soler hit a solo homer in the fourth inning to tie the game, 2-2.
Jacob deGrom threw 29 pitches in the first inning, but settled in afterwards. Overall, he allowed two runs on four hits, walked one and struck out seven while throwing 100 pitches in seven innings.
Tyler Clippard worked around a one-out double in a scoreless eighth inning and Jeurys Familia worked a perfect ninth to nail down the save.
The Mets scored two runs on five hits against Cubs RHP Kyle Hendricks, who was removed for a pinch hitter in the fourth inning after throwing just 67 pitches.
With his home run in the third inning, Daniel Murphy passed Mike Piazza for first all-time with six postseason home runs as a Met. Murphy also became the second player in major league history to hit home runs in five consecutive playoff games, joining Carlos Beltran, who accomplished the feat in 2004 with the Astros.
The Mets and Cubs play Game 4 of the NLCS on Wednesday at Wrigley Field at 8:07 p.m. ET. With a win, the Mets would advance to their first World Series since 2000.
Steven Matz (0-1, 5.40 ERA) starts for the Mets, opposed by Jason Hammel (0-0, 6.00 ERA) for Chicago.
Facebook | Twitter | Instagram
Another first inning where I didn’t think deGrom was going to get out of it and two hours later, he turns in seven strong innings. So, we’ve learned that his first inning isn’t great lately. Let’s learn to live with that. After that inning, deGrom was locked in, retiring the final 11 batters he faced and averaging just 11 or so pitches per inning. He limited the damage from the Cubbies big bats and kept the game close until the Mets could plate some runs.
A huge game from Wright, who looked like Captain America out there. At the plate, on the basepaths and in the field, Wright was firing on all cylinders and doing it all very, very well. Crazy to think that just a few short months ago, we didn’t even know if he’d ever play baseball at this level again.
It’s also great to see Cespedes break out with a big game. Outside of the one game during the Dodgers series, he — along with many other Mets — had been far too quiet. Tonight might be a sign that he’s starting to break out again, as his hits were ropes.
Murphy is simply on fire. There’s not much more to say about him at this point.
Also, as much as I’d hate to admit it: That was the right call with the ivy and a heads up play by Dexter Fowler.
So here we are, with the Mets just one (1!) win away from the World Series. Unbeliavable. Can they close it out in a sweep? See you on Wednesday night to find out…
Comment
from Metsblog http://ift.tt/1NmGxSb
No comments:
Post a Comment