Not easy to knock out these New York Mets.
Pete Alonso golfed an early three-run homer and the Mets hammered an extending the National League Championship Series with a 12-6 victory over the Los Angeles Dodgers in Game 5 on Friday.
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Jesse Winker laced an RBI triple and so did Lindor, feeling good vibes after
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With an opportunity to pitch his hometown team into the World Series, an ailing Flaherty flopped. After throwing he fell behind 3-0 four batters in when Alonso launched a low slider 432 feet to center field for his fourth homer this postseason.
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Alonso, poised to become a prized free agent this fall, also hit That one was more dramatic, coming with New York trailing 2-0 and down to its final two outs in the ninth.
But once again, Alonso went deep to help that drafted him in 2016. The ball was just more than a foot above the ground when he connected, the second-lowest pitch Alonso has homered on in his career.
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The big slugger also scored four runs and fought back from an 0-2 count to draw a leadoff walk in the third, when the Mets batted around and opened an 8-1 cushion.
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Aware it could be the last home game for Alonso at Citi Field, the sellout crowd of 43,841 chanted his name when he batted in the eighth.
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Flaherty allowed eight runs and eight hits in three innings. He failed to strike out a batter for the first time since a September 2022 game with St. Louis against Pittsburgh.
After striking out 12 times Thursday night, the Mets did not whiff once. They became the first team to do that in the postseason since the Angels in Game 2 of the 2002 World Series against San Francisco.
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Dodgers rookie Andy Pages homered twice and drove in four runs. Mookie Betts went deep for the second consecutive game, helping Los Angeles cut an eight-run deficit to 10-6.
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To rally and take the NL pennant, though, the Mets need two more wins in LA.
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