'Lindoor Reversal Full Base" Mets advance to NL Championship for the first time in 9 years, Houssid's Rebellion...Mets 4-1 PHI
Oct 10, 2024
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The Mets beat the Philadelphia Phillies 4-1 in Game 4 of the NL Division Series at Citi Field on the 10th (Korea time) to reach the championship match to determine the strongest NL with a 3-1 series record.
It is the first time in nine years that the Mets have taken the NLCS stage since 2015. That year, the Mets defeated the Chicago Cubs in the NLCS to advance to the World Series, where they knelt down to the Kansas City Royals with a 1-4 record and finished second.
The Mets managed to reach the postseason with an 89-73 record in the regular season and third place in the NL wild card. In fact, in the second half of the season, the Mets' momentum was unusual from the end of the season with tickets obtained by beating powerhouses with a scary run.
The Mets, who defeated the Milwaukee Brewers, the top-ranked team in the Central Division, with two wins in the wild-card series, then won the third and fourth games at home after winning two away games with one win and one loss in the division series, earning the honor of advancing to the league's strongest team.
The main player of the victory was Francisco Lindor, who hit the grand slam in the final. The Mets turned the tables at once with Lindor's full base in the bottom of the sixth inning, trailing 1-4.
Philadelphia got a chance to second and third base with a walk by Bryce Harper and a left-handed double by Nick Castejanos after one out in the top of the fourth. Then, third baseman Mark Vientos missed Alec Bohm's ground ball toward third base, and Harper homered and scored the first run.
However, in the sixth inning, Lindor hit a grand slam slightly over the center fence in a one-out bases-loaded chance made by the lead JD Martinez's heavy hit, Starling Marte's dune, and Tyrone Taylor's walk, the Mets succeeded in turning the tables 4-1 at once.
Lindor pulled in Carlos Esteves' 99.4-mile fastball on the outside of the fourth pitch, which was changed from the ball count of 2B1S, and flew at an angle of 22 degrees and a batting speed of 109.5 miles to put it 398 feet over the fence in the middle. Lindor's first home run of the postseason.
As a result, the Mets will face the winner of another NL Division Series between the Los Angeles Dodgers and the San Diego Padres in the NLCS.
jhno@sportschosun.com
