In an uncanny display of dominance throughout the 2024 National League Championship Series, the Dodgers have left the Mets reeling. Approaching game four, fans anticipated a thrilling matchup, but the Dodgers had other plans, continuing their bludgeoning of the Mets with a decisive 10-2 victory. This brings their series lead to a commanding 3-1, having outscored the Mets 30-9 overall.
The game’s tone was set from the very first inning when Jose Quintana, a postseason hero for the Mets, gave up a solo shot to Shohei Ohtani. It wasn’t just any home run; it was his first postseason hit without runners on base, setting an early tone that would haunt the Mets. Quintana managed to shake it off momentarily and closed the inning without further damage—a false promise of stability for what was to come.
But by the next inning, the Dodgers were unstoppable. The floodgates opened wide in the third, with a Tommy Edman double and an Enrique Hernandez single that plated two.
Though the Mets loaded the bases in the bottom of the third, only a single run scored off a scrappy effort by an injured Brandon Nimmo, who narrowly beat out a double play.
The Dodgers, however, showed no mercy, extending their lead with two runs each in both the fourth and sixth innings, before sealing the deal with an eighth-inning flurry. At this point, the Mets faced their toughest predicament yet—a daunting 3-1 series deficit in the NLCS.
With their World Series aspirations hanging by a thread, the Mets find themselves at a critical juncture.
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