The New York Mets head home with momentum in the 2024 National League Championship Series against the Los Angeles Dodgers. In Game 2, the Mets dominated the Dodgers’ pitching, scoring six runs in the first two innings, starting with Francisco Lindor’s leadoff home run in the first inning, punctuated by Mark Vientos’ grand slam in the second.
Now, the series is evened at one game, with the next three games starting Wednesday at Citi Field. New York qualified for the playoffs with a make-up doubleheader the day after the regular season was scheduled to end, and had home-field advantage in a first-of-five game to advance to the World Series.
Luis Severino (1-0 in the 2024 postseason, 4.50 ERA, 12.0 IP, 10K, 2BB) will face Dodgers’ Walker Buehler (0-1, 10.80 ERA, 5.0 IP) in Game 3. , 0K, 1BB) and will be a starter for the Mets. .
How to watch Dodgers vs. Mets, Game 3 of the NLCS (series tied 1-1)
Time: 8:08 PM ET
Location: Citi Field | Queens, New York
TV Channel: FS1
Streaming: Fubo, Fox Sports app
Live19 update
Wednesday, October 16, 2024, 9:01 PM EDT
Luis Severino walked Shohei Ohtani and Mookie Betts to lead off the game with three points, and the Dodgers again threatened with no outs. Severino receives a visit from his pitching coach.
Wednesday, October 16, 2024, 8:55 PM EDT
The biggest at-bat of the game (so far) ended with Francisco Lindor’s strikeout with the bases loaded. Walker Buehler was heavily relieved, but the Dodgers are still 2-0.
Wednesday, October 16, 2024, 8:49 PM EDT
This time, Tyron Taylor walked and the bases were loaded. Buehler went down in a similar situation in the bottom of the second inning of his NLDS start, but we’ll see if this too ends badly.
Wednesday, October 16, 2024, 8:46 PM EDT
And now the Mets are under threat due to defensive misplays by the Dodgers. Tommy Edman bounced the ball for a potential double play and lost the ball again on the bounce, leaving New York with one out and two on.
Wednesday, October 16, 2024, 8:38 PM EDT
Dodgers 2, Mets 0
Tyrone Taylor made an incredible play on the warning track, narrowly avoiding a collision with Starling Marte and robbing Tommy Edman of extra base.
However, the runner on third base still scores, so the Dodgers score one more point.
Wednesday, October 16, 2024, 8:36 PM EDT
Dodgers 1, Mets 0
In a nine-pitch at-bat, Will Smith fought back from a 2-0 deficit to score a run on a come-from-behind hit to Severino. The Dodgers didn’t get an infield hit this inning, but they lost the lead.
Wednesday, October 16, 2024, 8:30 PM EDT
Mets catcher Francisco Alvarez got a little too aggressive there. Teoscar Hernandez hit a swinging bunt, and instead of taking an easy out at first, Alvarez tried to throw to second base to hit Max Muncy, who had walked him, but the throw missed.
Both runners were safe, leaving the Dodgers with two on and no outs.
Wednesday, October 16, 2024, 8:24 PM EDT
Walker Buehler responded with a scoreless first inning and got his first hit of the game with a two-out infield hit off Brandon Nimmo. But while Buehler seemed fine in the first inning of his last start against the Padres, things took a turn for the worse after that.
Wednesday, October 16, 2024, 8:14 PM EDT
In the 1-2-3 first inning, Luis Severino struck out Mookie Betts and Freddie Freeman and was able to get through the top of the Dodgers’ batting lineup (although the final strike to Betts would have been the fourth pitch if it had been a robot amplifier). ). We call that a good start.
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Mets starting pitcher Luis Severino hits a fastball that causes Shohei Ohtani to ground out to first base, starting Game 3 of the 2024 NLCS.
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Darryl Strawberry throws out first pitch to Doc Gooden — NLCS Game 3
— Bill Plunkett (@billplunkettocr) October 17, 2024
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Chiga Kodai is wearing a “40” eye black for Severino. When Chiga was introduced, he made the “4.0” signal with four fingers and a clenched fist.
— Mike Puma (@NYPost_Mets) October 16, 2024
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Game 3 lineup for Dodgers and Mets
The pitching battle will be Luis Severino vs. Walker Buehler.
