After failing to close out the series at home, the Mets and the Dodgers were tied at two games setting up the "win or go home" Game 5. It was a pitchers duel from Dodger Stadium as Zack Greinke pitched for LA while Jacob deGrom took the ball for the Mets.
Daniel Murphy, who would eventually have a breakout game, got it all started for the Mets at the start of the game. He hit a double to left field to score Curtis Granderson. Murphy wound up taking third on a fielding error. The Dodgers responded with two runs in the bottom frame to take the 2-1 lead. In the top of the fourth, Murphy was at it again. With Murphy at first, a walk was issued. Since there was a big shift, nobody was covering third so that allowed Murphy to advance to third. That set up a Travis d'Arnaud sacrifice fly to right field to score Murphy and tie the game.
deGrom went six innings and struck out 7 eventually earning the win. Noah Syndergaard, another starter, did some bullpen work striking out two. In the top of the sixth, Murphy continued his impressive plate performance launching a home run into the right field seats to give the Mets the lead for good 3-2. Jeurys Familia worked a six out save and struck out the final two batters to seal the win!
The Mets celebrated on the field at Dodger Stadium and popped bottles of champagne in the clubhouse. Now they move on to the NLCS with game one set for tonight at Citi Field vs. the Chicago Cubs. It's going to be one heck of a series
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