smart and the score was all you need to know about yesterday's decision when he got caught up. pretty sure it won't happen again. >> joe: it's been a good postseason for winker. acquired at the deadline from washington. both dh struggled. winker and j.d. martinez that both have been pretty good in october. >> john: he stays on the ball whether it's a fastball or breaking ball. doesn't have a ton of swing and miss in his game. tracking these pitches, making sure carlos felt good about this weird game with all the different pitchers to have winker in there because they dodgers only have one left-hander. >> joe: anthony banda. dave roberts had him warming up. players not on the roster. winker fouls it off. 31 years old, eighth season from

a first-round draft pick of the cincinnati reds. not that long ago he was an all-star for the reds. injuries were the last few seasons. when he has been healthy, he's been an above average hitter. 2-2. takes very high. jose iglesias waits on deck. >> john: you can't go through with the mets did this season be bothered by a 9-0 loss. it's no big thing. it's a loss. they rebound. they have been through the car wash of every emotion, everything you can go through. this won't phase them at all. >> joe: 3-2. fouled back. >> john: that's out formula of the team has grown together. doesn't guarantee they're going to win every game that their backs are against the wall or

they are facing elimination. but it sure does help to know what you've been through collectively. you mentioned yesterday after the team meeting in l.a. a come of the team has not been the same since. >> joe: payoff coming from knaack. winker takes ball four. first to in the second. >> john: the right guy at the plate. he can handle the bat many different ways. he can lay down a bunch but the one thing you know about iglesias for the most part he's going to put the ball in play. aggressive, early swinging. not afraid to hit with two strikes, that's for sure. >> joe: lived in the majors this year hitting .337. with runners in scoring position even better. .375. two on, nobody out. swings and misses. chasing the slider.

iglesias in majors for the first time in two years. even though this is a clear two-way hitter, the batting average underappreciated these days. nobody gave him a chance last year. one ball, one strike. >> john: whenever you have a .294 batting average with two strikes. it's probably almost 100 or more points above league average. that's where you're comfortable knowing your mechanics and you don't have to over swing. this guy is not trying to drive the ball out of the ballpark every time he takes a swing. >> joe: we saw it yesterday. two strikes, chip shot, base hit to left center. pops this one up. infield fly rule in effect for kiké hernandez. there is the first out. the bottom of the order like any bottom of the order has got to get going a little bit for the mets. >> john: when they do

something, boy, oh, boy, that's tough because then you've got to face the top of the lineup with francisco lindor and they have struggled a little bit in the postseason getting going, especially at the bottom. >> joe: you've got tyrone taylor here, 3 for 25 of the postseason. francisco alvarez, 5 out of 29. first and second, one away. mets with the leadoff home run from francisco lindor as they try to tie the series up. taylor. a local guy. he grew up coming to games here. one of david stern's first moves when he came over from milwaukee was trading for this guy. 0-1. taylor pops it fouling it 0-2. mostly known for his defense. he was the fourth outfielder for the first half. more and more playing time. he's taken the second shield job from harrison bader. still looking for him to

contribute with the bat. >> john: conversely, .140 batting average with two strikes, so there's a big difference between the last two hitters with two strikes. >> joe: marte started the inning with a single and then winker walks. landon knack ready for 0-2. fastball is pummeled fouled. scenario where knack was good in the regular season with runners in scoring position. staff saver for them. all the injuries they have in the rotation. there was a stretch where he was the most reliable piece. another 0-2. down the line! and it is a fair ball!

tyrone taylor comes through. marte into score on a tailored double. 2-0 new york. a true strike base hit from taylor and the mets take advantage of the second inning traffic. >> john: that's a huge swing and a mistake on a breaking ball right down the middle with two strikes. that pitch can't be at that height. he took advantage of it. mets have a chance to do something pretty interesting here in this inning and open up a big lead for their star left-handed pitcher, sean manaea. >> joe: talk about street give scraping yourself off the deck. six total base runners yesterday, no runs. they have five base runners and two runs today. francisco alvarez pops the first pitch into shallow center field. tommy edman will settle under it. two out. >> john: that was a big out. anything but a pop-up in the infield. you're looking at the inning

opening up. now there is a decision to be made here. with the base open. lindor. do you trust your pitcher can make the pitches to expose the weakness if you don't? the count might determine whether they end up walking him. >> joe: you've got a guy on deck 20 for 5 so far. dave roberts points to first, they are going to put lindor on. and put vientos at the plate. as good as vientos has been this year, nobody is francisco lindor in this mets lineup at this point. >> john: first pitch action. this first pitch has to be great by knack and if it's not, look for vientos to be really aggressive. even though the bases are loaded and the stresses on the pitcher, if you get a pitcher like, first pitch aggressiveness, i would think vientos is going to go after it. he has crushing it on first pitch.

batting average-wise. >> joe: hit hard his first time today, lined out to right field. unfazed, this youngster, about the adjustments he's made and quickly. looking for the first hit -- his first hit of the series. bases loaded. ball one. from failing to make the team out of spring training to hitting second in the championship series. mark vientos chops one down the line fouled. multiple hits and all four games in the division series. oon this 1-1 from knack. punched foul and it's 1-2. >> john: another high breaking ball that he got away with the

there. >> joe: 1-2 pitch. vientos fouls it off. high fastball and he goes way up there to get two. two hits, two walks in the inning. looking for more. good stop by will smith. >> john: again, right there, high fastball followed by a low breaking ball in the dirt. tough to put the pressure on the hitter when you have that big of a variance between those two pitches. this is what we call the action pitch pretty don't want to go to 3-2 if you're a pitcher. >> joe: off balance, popped

up. muncy in the bright sun come out of room. vientos stays alive. 2-0 mets after the 9-0 dodger win and game 1. less than 24 hours later, at it again here. another 2-2. vientos. takes ball three. the count goes full. >> john: mets know they're going to face a different pitcher every simple time and they've done a nice job making contact, only one swing and miss out of the dodgers pitchers. credit the mets in their approach so far in the early part of this game. >> joe: huge pitch coming right here. 3-2. there will be another.

this has looked more like the mets offense from down the stretch of the regular season, throughout the postseason. long at-bats, long innings. nine pitch -- ninth pitch coming here to vientos. cracked to right center field. pages on the move come on the track! he couldn't find it! that's 'cause it's over the wall! grand slam, vientos! the mets have responded to the game 1 haymaker with a haymaker of their own. 6-nine in the second inning. >> john: what an at-bat. the pitcher doesn't want to go to 3-2.

once it got to 3-2, he had to come in after a solid off breaking ball and comes in with her fastball and we send the ball was going to travel in the day. that ball traveled. >> joe: on the ninth pitch, mark vientos with a grand slam. and it's 6-0 mets. omg is right. it's a snapshot of who he's been, right? fighting and fighting and fighting and adjusting and delivering ultimately. a ball and a strike on nimmo. after the 33 innings of scoreless streak, it ends loudly.

>> john: yeah. fastball that he just centers up and goes with it and that ball carries to right center. these are the kind of games, i am telling you. it only takes a little bit of the disruption to the plan. >> joe: nimmo is down swinging at the high fastball. mets bring eight men to the plate and they get to one massive swing from one young star. mark vientos goes the other way with a grand slam. 6-0 middle of the second.

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his ninth year, strikes him out on three pitches. just another example, this is not the same guy smith and the dodgers have had before. play the mlb fox playoffs challenge. it's free to play so download the fox sports app and make your picks for a chance to win back your share of five grand in cash prices and don't miss any of the playoff action on fox and fs1. three of the first four outs vo the strikeout for manaea. that curveball misses everything. >> john: they are on sinkers. he had the most strikeouts on sinkers in the regular season, so that speaks to how good that pitches. now with the angle he throws it from, harder to hit. >> joe: he struck out three dodgers over five innings when they saw him earlier this year. he's already got three ks in this game. 2-0 to tommy edman.

off the top of the zone. edman had the kind of game when the dodgers picked him up yesterday. sacrifice bunt. goes up to hit six today . 2-2. up the middle and through for a base hit from tommy edman. the first hit for the dodgers comes from their shortstop. >> john: we got a chance to see this earlier. chris sale kind of similarity. it speaks to where sean manaea goes. the low across her body angle of

chris sale and now sean manaea. your way across your body. >> joe: muncy cracks one in the air to center field. out number two. it's funny, john. 32 years old, he's been pitching his whole life. he says he feels like he's been doing it wrong the whole time, he's finally found what is his natural arm slot arm slot. >> john: that's part of it. you feel good with the ball coming out of your hand. repeating your mechanics, you've got to have a hard, strong shoulder to be able to do that because you're really putting some torque throwing that far across your body. the good news is, he's a big bodied pitcher. he can handle it. >> joe: two away for kiké hernandez who had two more hits yesterday in the big defensive play in center field.

kiki said he was throwing to third, wasn't trying to fake winker out. he see winker throw on the brakes, he became a shortstop, his natural position. like he was going in the hall, making a jump throw. >> john: it was impressive and it changed again, change the narrative for the new york mets and what could have been the beginning and also change the way that dave roberts managed, allowing himself to keep in jack flaherty . >> joe: kiké hernandez. takes ball three. indeed paul has --

andy pages on deck. 3-1. ball four. two oh chance for l.a. >> john: that walk guarantees are going to get a reset to start the lineup. manaea did a nice job against philadelphia. first and second, nobody out and i believe the fifth and sixth. his manager chose to leave him in. facing harper and the meat of the order. he knows how to get in and out and with a lot of problems. did it in milwaukee as well. a little quick team meeting to

reset the narrative, make sure that this is the guy you focus on because you don't want the next guy coming up with the bases loaded. two outs and the inning still going. >> joe: if you are andy pages, you're going to be pretty confident you're going to get something to hit. >> john: each hitter is going to get something to hit. it's whether or not they get their sites on the ball pretty think you see is fastball and you are late because of the angle. that's where the hitter has got to become other time he has to be pristine. >> joe: 23-year-old rookie from cuba. getting his first start of the postseason. crushed left-handers. .357, that was the third best average in the league against lefties. admen at second. hernandez. >> john: the issues manaea had early on in his career was command. not so much the latter part of the season.

>> joe: pages fouls it straight back. 2-2. a run in the first, 5 in the second for the mets. bottom of the order making some noise again manaea. dodgers trying to get ohtani to the plate here in the second. deuces wild. struck him out with a high fastball. turn it up to 94 to get out of the jam. after two innings in game 2, mets 6, dodgers 0.

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>> these are the games you dream of playing. >> this is the time that legends are made. >> and the leaves fall... champions rise. >> joe: pete alonso starts the third for the mets. >> john: pete alonso is getting well known for his home run hitting ability and the home run competition pretty such a good outside fastball hitter. he is considered one of the best bad ball home run hitters. that's why you saw the first

pitch in. not letting him -- trying not to let him get his arms extended. the pulp by forearms. you see how fast it was for him to get t to 200 home runs. >> joe: popeye forearms on polar bear who started hitting the other way again. do your point, first 130 games, he had to go opposite-field home runs. four in the last month and a half. including in milwaukee. overall, 22 226 in his mets car. sixth and final year of that rookie contract. the only organization he's ever known. drafted him out of florida. there is the breakdown of those hits. last three home runs going the other way. on a 2-2 from knack. base hit into center field. first hit of the series for pete

alonso. leadoff man on in all three innings. >> johowning the fall is sponsoy macy's. last night, 0 for 13 those guys combined. solo shot from lindor, grand slam from vientos. now it's marte. throw him in that group as well. he was 0 for 4. he singled. >> john: one will never know, but the five runs in the second inning probably changed the formula for the pitching usage of dave roberts. now i'm sure he'll let the neck go as far as he can. to eat up innings and hope his offense can climb a bit closer to make decisions. that's the narrative, how perfect it went in san diego.

that's how quick it can get off the tracks here in the second game. >> joe: we talked about that, you can win games like that. harder to win series, really hard to win a championship. >> john: there's probably some mets fans confused about game 1 for the mets and how they decided to go with that strategy. without knowing, i would say there are three studs lined up at two, three, four, that you can sustain whatever didn't work in game 1 and possibly in game 5. whereas now if you think about it, if the series doesn't go six, it didn't work but if you've got six, you've got manaea lined up in your game three starter, severino, lined up for 3 and 7 paired all five unless you get beaten four games are five games. then it didn't work. i didn't have that big a problem

with how the mets decided to go with game one, give manaea extra rest. if you go back 1-1, it looks good. >> joe: the hope is they will have david peterson ready to go for game three in relief. threw 40 pitches yesterday. this is the part of the series, we said it, they have to feel great like they have the advantage, looking at the starters. that has been the biggest thing for the team the last couple months. remarkable when you consider that was the biggest fear, they weren't going to have enough starting pitching to do much. they have all these guys that have had success but it's been a while. manaea, severino, quintana. 2-2 to the marte foul.