Not easy to knock out these New York Mets.

Pete Alonso golfed an early three-run homer and the Mets hammered an extending the National League Championship Series with a 12-6 victory over the Los Angeles Dodgers in Game 5 on Friday.

91裸聊视频淲e understood that this is a do-or-die game and we have to give everything we had, and that91裸聊视频檚 what we did,91裸聊视频� shortstop Francisco Lindor said.

had three doubles, four hits and three RBIs for New York. Francisco Alvarez broke out of a slump with three hits 91裸聊视频� including an RBI single in a five-run third inning.

Jesse Winker laced an RBI triple and so did Lindor, feeling good vibes after

91裸聊视频淲e showed up today. We needed that,91裸聊视频� Mets manager Carlos Mendoza said. 91裸聊视频淥bviously, Pete setting the tone in the first inning was important. We just continued to add on.91裸聊视频�

including the past two nights at home, the wild-card Mets turned the tables and saved their thrilling season for the second time in these playoffs 91裸聊视频� both with the help of a three-run shot by Alonso. They trimmed their series deficit to 3-2 and sent the best-of-seven NLCS back to Los Angeles for Game 6 on Sunday.

91裸聊视频淎fter yesterday91裸聊视频檚 game, we just had a collective conversation where it was like, hey, this is it,91裸聊视频� Alonso said. 91裸聊视频淭his is who we are. This is the situation we91裸聊视频檙e in and let91裸聊视频檚 keep continuing to lay it all out there.91裸聊视频�

Sean Manaea is lined up to start Sunday for New York on five days91裸聊视频� rest, while the Dodgers will go with another bullpen game because of a thin rotation decimated by injuries.

91裸聊视频淲e come from a lot of adversity,91裸聊视频� Mets closer Edwin D铆az said. 91裸聊视频淲e can beat them.91裸聊视频�

With an opportunity to pitch his hometown team into the World Series, an ailing Flaherty flopped. After throwing he fell behind 3-0 four batters in when Alonso launched a low slider 432 feet to center field for his fourth homer this postseason.

91裸聊视频淗e wasn91裸聊视频檛 sharp, clearly. He91裸聊视频檚 been fighting something. He91裸聊视频檚 been under the weather a little bit,91裸聊视频� Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said about Flaherty. 91裸聊视频淪o I don91裸聊视频檛 know if that bled into the stuff, the velocity. I91裸聊视频檓 not sure.91裸聊视频�

Alonso, poised to become a prized free agent this fall, also hit That one was more dramatic, coming with New York trailing 2-0 and down to its final two outs in the ninth.

But once again, Alonso went deep to help that drafted him in 2016. The ball was just more than a foot above the ground when he connected, the second-lowest pitch Alonso has homered on in his career.

91裸聊视频淔or the rest of us mortals, we fly out. But for him, it91裸聊视频檚 just an absolute bomb. Just normal Pete,91裸聊视频� teammate Brandon Nimmo said.

The big slugger also scored four runs and fought back from an 0-2 count to draw a leadoff walk in the third, when the Mets batted around and opened an 8-1 cushion.

91裸聊视频淗e got us going,91裸聊视频� Mendoza said. 91裸聊视频淚 thought that Pete did a really good job controlling the strike zone today.91裸聊视频�

Aware it could be the last home game for Alonso at Citi Field, the sellout crowd of 43,841 chanted his name when he batted in the eighth.

91裸聊视频淚t91裸聊视频檚 so special. It91裸聊视频檚 like storybook-type stuff,91裸聊视频� Alonso said. 91裸聊视频淲hen you grow up as a kid, you dream about that type of stuff.91裸聊视频�

Flaherty allowed eight runs and eight hits in three innings. He failed to strike out a batter for the first time since a September 2022 game with St. Louis against Pittsburgh.

After striking out 12 times Thursday night, the Mets did not whiff once. They became the first team to do that in the postseason since the Angels in Game 2 of the 2002 World Series against San Francisco.

91裸聊视频淲e didn91裸聊视频檛 chase his secondary pitches,91裸聊视频� Mendoza said, referring to Flaherty. 91裸聊视频淲e know he91裸聊视频檚 got that slider and the knuckle-curve, and he91裸聊视频檚 going to try to make us chase and we didn91裸聊视频檛 do that today. And when he came in the zone with his fastball, we were ready. And that91裸聊视频檚 the key.91裸聊视频�

New York starter David Peterson pitched out of serious trouble in the first 91裸聊视频� aided by a baserunning mistake from Shohei Ohtani 91裸聊视频� but was unable to make it through the fourth despite being given a seven-run lead. Reed Garrett entered with the bases loaded and threw a called third strike past Freddie Freeman on a full-count sweeper to end the inning.

Dodgers rookie Andy Pages homered twice and drove in four runs. Mookie Betts went deep for the second consecutive game, helping Los Angeles cut an eight-run deficit to 10-6.

91裸聊视频淚t was good to see our guys fight back,91裸聊视频� Roberts said. 91裸聊视频淐ertainly, offensively we91裸聊视频檙e in a really good spot.91裸聊视频�

But then Ryne Stanek and D铆az settled things down as the Mets put this one away. Stanek worked a career-high 2 1/3 innings for the victory, and D铆az got six outs without permitting a run.

91裸聊视频淚91裸聊视频檓 just so happy because this group is so special,91裸聊视频� Alonso said. 91裸聊视频淎nd I91裸聊视频檓 happy that we get to live to fight another day and play another game of baseball together.91裸聊视频�

To rally and take the NL pennant, though, the Mets need two more wins in LA.

91裸聊视频淚t91裸聊视频檚 definitely possible,91裸聊视频� Nimmo said. 91裸聊视频淲e91裸聊视频檝e played with our backs against the wall the whole year and we91裸聊视频檝e been able to rise to the occasion and some might even say we91裸聊视频檙e at our best at that time. So if anybody can do it, we can do it.91裸聊视频�

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Dodgers: Freeman went 0 for 5 with two strikeouts in the cleanup spot, returning to the lineup after with a badly sprained right ankle that91裸聊视频檚 caused him to miss two games this postseason. Roberts indicated the All-Star first baseman might not start in Game 6 against Manaea, a nasty left-hander.

91裸聊视频淚91裸聊视频檓 going to have a conversation with him tomorrow,91裸聊视频� Roberts said. 91裸聊视频淏ut I do think that his swing is not right. I91裸聊视频檓 certain it91裸聊视频檚 the ankle. We91裸聊视频檒l have that conversation, but it91裸聊视频檚 certainly an option to not have him in there for Game 6.91裸聊视频�

Mets: Jeff McNeil had two sacrifice flies in his first playoff start, replacing slumping Jose Iglesias at second base. for the NLCS 91裸聊视频� he had been 91裸聊视频� and was hitless in three pinch-hitting appearances before Friday.

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