National League Divisional Series
Los Angeles Dodgers at New York Mets
Curtis Granderson went from goat to hero in the space of half an inning, driving in five runs to lead the New York Mets past the Los Angeles Dodgers 13-7 in Game 3 of their National League Division Series. The Mets lead the best-of-five NLCS two games to one. Matt Harvey went five innings and allowed three runs, two earned, to gain the victory. Dodger starter Brett Anderson took the loss.
L.A. took the lead in the top of the second when Yasmani Grandal singled to right, scoring Justin Turner and Andre Ethier, and Granderson’s errant throw to third allowed Carl Crawford to score. Granderson redeemed himself in the bottom of the inning, however; after Travis d’Arnaud plated Yoenis Cespedes with a single to center, Granderson ripped a bases-clearing three-run double off the wall in right center to give New York a lead it would not relinquish.
The lead grew to 6-3 on d’Arnaud’s two-run homer in the third, and the Mets blew it open in the fourth. Daniel Murphy’s RBI single made it 7-3, then Cespedes cranked a mammoth three-run shot into the second deck in left.
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Adrian Gonzalez homered in the top of the seventh to pull the Dodgers within 10-4, but the Mets answered with three in the bottom half. Pinch hitter Michael Conforto plated d’Arnaud with a sacrifice fly, then Granderson smacked his second double of the game, a liner off the left-field fence that scored Wilmer Flores and Juan Lagares. Howie Kendrick homered in the top of the ninth, a call upheld by video review, accounting for the last three runs of the night.
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Record-setting day
The four home runs in the game raised the total for the day to 21, eclipsing the previous postseason mark of 15, set in 2010. The Mets’ 13 runs set a team playoff record and were the most since the Dodgers scored 13 against Atlanta in a 2013 NLDS Game 3. Granderson’s five RBI tied for the most in a Mets postseason game.
Player of the Game: Curtis Granderson
Game 4 (Mets lead 2-1)
The Mets will try to advance to the NL Championship Series Tuesday night against Dodgers ace Clayton Kershaw. Steven Matz will start for New York.
