Jacob deGrom battled through six tough innings, and Daniel Murphy helped produce all three of his team's runs as the Mets pulled out a 3-2 road win over the Dodgers in the series deciding Game 5 of the NL Division Series.
There has been much discussion over the weekend about the Chase Utley 'slide' that resulted in Ruben Tejada's broken leg in the Game 2 of the Mets-Dodgers NLDS.
Jacob deGrom's MLB postseason debut couldn't have gone much better. The 27-year-old flame thrower outpitched three-time Cy Young Award winner Clayton Kershaw, striking out 13 Dodgers over seven shutout innings as the New York Mets grabbed Game 1 of the NLDS by a 3-1 final in Los Angeles Friday night.
A pair of New York Mets diehards, Jeff and Jon discuss the upcoming National League Division Series with Dodgers, set to begin in Los Angeles Friday night.
The New York Mets avoided a three-game weekend sweep against the Dodgers on Sunday with the help of two home runs off the bat of Lucas Duda, and seldom seen triple play.
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Michael Wacha allowed just two hits in seven innings, and the St. Louis Cardinals won the N.L. pennant and advanced to the World Series by beating the Los Angeles Dodgers, 9-0, in Game 6 of the National League Championship Series (NLCS) on Friday night.