Who'd have thought coming into this series Connor Jones would make an more effective starter than reliever? After his Game 1 gem as a start, he was on to save a 2-1 lead in the 9th and a trip to the NLCS for St. Louis, but he loaded the bases with nobody out and it went downhill from there, with Corey Seager getting a big 2-run double and the Dodgers tacking on 2 more to even the series with a 5-2 win and send it back to LA for the deciding Game 5. Alex Wood and Ryan Helsey had a pretty good pitcher's duel going after both were scored on the 1st.
Last year the Mets were the upset darlings in the NL playoffs, winning the wild card and surprising the best-in-baseball Dodgers. This year they were the 111-win hunted and the Braves took their scalp in 4 games, sending Atlanta to their third straight NLCS and making it the second straight year the Mets' postseason ended in Atlanta. The hero today was $320M man Mookie Betts with a 3-run homer in the first off Franklyn Kilome which would be all Atlanta needed. Sean Newcomb pitched the game of his life, going 7.1 5 1 1 1 6 to nail it down.