Dodgers blank Mets in dominant road shutout, take 2-1 lead in NLCS

NEW YORK, NY – For the 2nd clip successful 3 games, the Los Angeles Dodgers punched hard.

The Dodgers' discourtesy erupted, and the New York Mets discourtesy was dormant, arsenic Los Angeles took location an 8-0 triumph to instrumentality a 2-1 pb successful the National League Championship Series.

The Dodgers got connected the committee for a 2-0 pb successful the apical of the second, mostly acknowledgment to a sloppy Mets defence that led to a brace of unearned runs by New York starter Luis Severino. New York posed a menace successful the bottommost of the second, but Mets slugger Francisco Lindor struck retired with the bases loaded to extremity that threat.

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Enrique Hernández #8 of the Los Angeles Dodgers celebrates with teammates aft hitting a location tally successful the sixth inning against the New York Mets during Game Three of the National League Championship Series astatine Citi Field connected October 16, 2024 successful New York City. (Elsa/Getty Images)

The teams traded zeroes connected the committee until the sixth inning, erstwhile Kike Hernandez belted a two-run location tally into the brisk Queens nighttime to enactment Los Angeles up 4-0. The Mets rallied again, but "OMG" vocalist Jose Iglesias grounded into a 5-4-3 treble play for different rally shattered.

The Dodgers didn't request overmuch help, but Shohei Ohtani enactment the icing connected the barroom with a agelong three-run location tally successful the eighth inning to enactment them up 7-0. In the ninth, Max Muncy added a solo homer to headdress each scoring.

Enrique Hernández #8 of the Los Angeles Dodgers celebrates aft hitting a location tally successful the sixth inning against the New York Mets during Game Three of the National League Championship Series astatine Citi Field connected October 16, 2024 successful New York City.  (Luke Hales/Getty Images)

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Walker Buehler went conscionable 4 innings of scoreless ball, and the Dodgers didn't situation fto him look the lineup a 3rd clip (he besides had 90 pitches). But, 4 relievers combined for 5 scoreless frames. Meanwhile, Reed Garrett and Tylor Megill combined for six earned runs successful their 4.1 innings of work, with Megill being charged with 4 of them.

It's not unfamiliar territory for the Mets, who person had their backs against the partition plentifulness implicit the past 2 weeks. It's thing that Mets fable Darryl Strawberry praised this year's squad for, saying it's thing this squad shares with his legendary 1986 team.

The Mets request to enactment quickly, though.

Tommy Edman #25 and Enrique Hernández #8 of the Los Angeles Dodgers observe aft Hernández deed a location tally successful the sixth inning against the New York Mets during Game Three of the National League Championship Series astatine Citi Field connected October 16, 2024 successful New York City.  (Sarah Stier/Getty Images)

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Game 4 is backmost successful Queens astatine 8:08 p.m. ET connected Thursday, with Jose Quintana going for the Mets, and Yoshinobu Yamamoto slated to commencement for Los Angeles.

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