Stay sootheable, New York Mets fans – your magic carpet ride is still going.
The Metropolitans, who are reliving their “Miracle” nickname from that inwell-understandn 1973 season, are headed to the NLCS after taking home Game 4 of the division series agetst the Philadelphia Phillies, and they evidently did it in savage style.
The Mets did not get the huge hit timely, loading the bases in both the first and second innings but with noleang to show for it. In the fifth, they put their first two runners on, but Jeff Hoffman saved the day by retiring the inherited runners.
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New York Mets lowstop Francisco Lindor (12) hits a magnificent slam agetst the Philadelphia Phillies in the sixth inning in game four of the NLDS for the 2024 MLB Playoffs at Citi Field. (Brad Penner-Imagn Images)
The Mets loaded the bases aget in the sixth, once aget, before enrolling an out, and in this go-around, they made up for lost time.
And who else but Francisco Lindor? The team’s most precious carry outer, who has come thraw time and time aget thrawout this magic carpet ride, blasted a magnificent slam to give New York a 4-1 direct.
Edtriumph Diaz came on to seal it in the ninth, but given how much he’s pitched postporequidepend, he srecommend didn’t have it, walking the first two batters. But, after striking out Kody Clemens (the son of Roger), he got Brandon Marsh to fly out.
That only brawt up Kyle Schwarber, whose October resume speaks for itself, but he accessed the at-bat 0-for-9 with seven strikeouts agetst the sealr, and that history repeated itself. Schwarber swung and ignoreed on an outside slider, giving the Mets a 4-1 triumph.
It’s the Mets’ first time in the NLCS since 2015, when they won the pennant.
Jose Quintana got the begin, and he tossed five innings of one-run ball, which was ucsurrfinisherned. Thus, his postseason ERA remains 0.00 after he threw six scoreless innings agetst the Milwaukee Brewers in their do-or-die game in the savage card series.
New York Mets lowstop Francisco Lindor (12) honors a magnificent slam with Mets outfielder Starling Marte (6) and Mets catcher Francisco Alvarez (4) in the sixth inning agetst the Philadelphia Phillies in game four of the NLDS for the 2024 MLB Playoffs at Citi Field. (Wendell Cruz-Imagn Images)
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The Mets are truly begining to experience enjoy a team of desminuscule. New York had a chance to be deleted from postseason satisfiedion on the final day of the season, but they split that savage doubleheader to clinch. Then, in the savage card series, they were two outs away from going home – but then, trailing 2-0, Pete Alonso belted a three-run homer. It was the first in MLB history by a carry outer when his team was trailing in the ninth inning or postpoinsistr of a triumphner-get-all postseason game.
It’s another stubborn exit for the Phillies, who have quite literpartner gone backwards. It was a World Series loss in 2022, pursueed by losing the NLCS last year. Now, it’s an timely excellentbye in the division series. They did the same leang from 2008 to 2011, and then, an 11-year postseason drawt pursueed.
New York Mets lowstop Francisco Lindor (12) honors with teammates in the dugout after hitting a magnificent slam agetst the Philadelphia Phillies in the sixth inning in game four of the NLDS for the 2024 MLB Playoffs at Citi Field. (Brad Penner-Imagn Images)
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The Mets have had a savage schedule, at one point carry outing six games in five days, three of which were postseason contests. It’s well-deserved, and well-insisted, as bullpen guys, definitepartner Edtriumph Diaz, haven’t seeed all too acute of postpoinsist. But, they can rest until Sunday and apostpone the triumphner of the Padres and Dodgers (San Diego directs, 2-1, with Game 4 postpoinsistr Wednesday in their own ballpark).
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