In the first five innings, four Mets batters hit deep flies an estimated 1,460 feet.
The number of outs has now increased to four.
The Mets were happy to have their fans cheering them on after their two games in Los Angeles, but they didn't like the wind in their faces and the chilly fall weather all around them during a game where many of the balls were hit hard. I wasn't that happy. , but only the Dodgers were able to get over the wall (three times).
On a night when temperatures dipped into the mid-40s, the Mets lost 8-0 and were forced into yet another hole in the NLCS during Game 3, held inside the park, and the batted ball was hit by an April offense. We played like we did in tough times.
“Our job is to control the strike zone and hit the ball hard,” Carlos Mendoza said after the club's second shutout of the series. “And today we hit a few of them, and they caught it on the warning track.”
The Mets had a hard time hitting the ball in the cold. Dodgers?
“They hit it, but we're just not good,” Francisco Lindor said after hitting two deep balls on a night that went 0-for-4. “I felt like we had some quality at-bats. We just didn't get any hits. We hit the ball hard.”
The Mets made four swings in the opening innings that brought fans to their feet, but each ended in disappointment as fans regained their seats.
Lindor, the first batter in the bottom of the first inning, took Walker Buehler's fastball off his bat at 160.1 mph and the tone was immediately set.
He chased left fielder Quique Hernandez to the cordon, but was killed by Hernandez's glove from 100 meters away.
It was Pete Alonso who took a swing in the third inning and returned to the dugout with hope.
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With a runner on first base, the slugger hit a ball 351 feet to left from Buehler, which Statcast estimated would have been a home run in four different ballparks.
]None of those parks were Citi Field, and the ball landed in Hernandez's glove.
The Mets allowed improbability twice in the fifth inning and were let down twice.
Against Michael Kopech, Lindor hit a 350-foot shot further left that almost circled the Houston bases, but it was another flyout.
Lindor himself never believed that any of his swings would result in home runs. The Mets' best chance for this type of swing came two pitches later.
Mark Vientos smashed Kopech's cutter, which flew off the bat at 163.6 mph and traveled 388 feet to right-center field. What should have been a home run at Dodger Stadium turned out to be an even bigger out at Citi Field.
“That ball from a month ago was a home run,” Mendoza said.
All of these cuts brought hope, but they also brought questions.
There was no doubt when Shohei Ohtani smashed a three-run home run up the middle of the second deck on the right side.
When Max Muncy hit a solo home run into the right field seats in the ninth inning, there was no doubt.
Quique Hernandez also made sure to hit two runs in the sixth inning.
“We just have to get hits. We just have to make things happen,” Lindor said.
