Francisco Lindor and Mark Vientos scored as the New York Mets snapped the Los Angeles Dodgers' record-tying postseason scoreless streak and tied the NL Championship Series at one game each with a 7-3 victory on Monday.

Lindor capped his storybook season with a home run in the first inning against Ryan Brasier. Vientos delivered a performance in New York's second round, hitting a grand slam against Landon Knack.

Before Lindor went deep, Los Angeles had a string of 33 consecutive scoreless innings. Jack Flaherty led the Dodgers to a 9-0 victory in Game 1 of the NLCS on Sunday night.

Sean Manaea opened Game 2 with four shutout innings for New York. He was charged with three runs, two earned and two hits in more than five innings. Closer Edwin Diaz made a four-out save.

Dodgers superstar Shohei Ohtani was 0 for 3 with two strikeouts and two walks. He goes hitless in his first MLB postseason as the bases are empty.

The Mets ran over the Dodgers after flopping in the series opener. Lindor fouled four consecutive throws from Brasier before sending a 395-foot shot to right for his home run. Knack took over from LA in the second, giving up a leadoff single to Starling Marte before striking out Jesse Winker. One out later, Tyrone Taylor doubled to left to score Marte.

After Francisco Alvarez jumped to shortstop, Lindor was intentionally walked to load the bases. Vientos blasted a 391-foot home run for the third grand slam in Mets playoff history. This increased the lead to 6-0 and the sellout crowd of 52,926 spectators fell silent.

“To be honest, I took it personally,” he said of the Dodgers’ decision to go with Lindor and have Vientos hit.

It was the Mets' second slam of the playoffs. Lindor scored the go-ahead goal in Game 4 of the NL Division Series against Philadelphia. Edgardo Alfonzo had the club's first playoff slam in 1999.

After Max Muncy hit a home run in the fifth, the Dodgers rallied in the sixth and trailed 6-3, sending the crowd into another frenzy. The Dodgers then had the potential equalizer at the plate with two outs in the eighth. Tommy Edman hit a single and Muncy walked before the Mets brought in Diaz. They pulled ahead with a double steal before Kiké Hernández flied out to shallow right field to end the threat. The Mets took advantage of hard-throwing Dodgers rookie Edgardo Henriquez with an insurance run in the ninth.

Manaea was the first left-handed starter the Dodgers faced this postseason. You saw him a lot during his time in San Diego in 2022 and in San Francisco last year. But midway through the season with the Mets, he changed the way he threw the ball, dropping his arm slot and letting the ball fall more horizontally.

Game 3 of the best-of-seven series takes place on Wednesday in New York. “Mets Nation is great, so I’m excited to be home,” Lindor said after Monday’s game.