LOS ANGELES – Sunday night at Dodger Stadium gave us something we hadn't seen in the entire National League Championship Series: a lead change as Tommy Edman's two-run double in the bottom of the first inning was the Dodgers' answer to the Mets' plateau was one in the top of the 46th inning of the series.

There would be no further leadership changes as the Dodgers secured the pennant.

The final score on Sunday was 10-5, which was the deciding factor the second closest game in the series. The other three Dodgers wins were by margins of nine, eight and eight runs. The two Mets wins came by four and six runs.

Because the results were consistently lopsided, several records were set during the NLCS, both by the Major League and the Dodgers franchise.

The Dodgers scored 46 runs in six games against the Mets, more than any National League team has ever scored in a postseason series. Two more runs than the Braves in the 1996 NLCS and two more than the Giants in the 2002 World Series, two series that lasted seven games each.

Only three times in a league championship series has a team outscored another by at least 20 runs: the 1996 Braves (+26 over the Cardinals), the 2017 Dodgers (+20 over the Cubs in five games) and the 2024 Dodgers ( +20). about the Mets).

Tommy Edman struggled in both Game 4 and Game 6 with a changed lineup without Freddie Freeman and with a left-handed pitcher on the mound. Against southpaws this postseason, Edman has nine hits in 14 at-bats (.643) with one home run, three doubles and eight RBI.

Four of those RBI came in Game 6, including a home run and a double against Sean Manaea. He won the NLCS MVP thanks to his .407/.393/.630 batting average and set the Dodgers' postseason series record with 11 hits and 11 RBI, the latter of which he shared with Corey Seager in the 2020 NLCS.

“It’s pretty crazy, especially given the history of the organization, to have set this record,” Edman said Sunday night. “But a big part of that is thanks to the guys on the team. We had really good attacks throughout the series. Our entire lineup was really good. Any number of guys could have won MVP.”

Mookie Betts, for example, drove in nine runs with his four doubles, two home runs and a 1.182 OPS, including a four-hit, four-RBI contest in Game 4 in New York.

Shohei Ohtani hit two home runs in his first NLCS and also reached 17 bases on his eight hits and nine walks. His nine runs scored are more than any Dodger has ever scored in a postseason series, one more than Seager scored in the 2020 NLCS.

Max Muncy also reached base 17 times, with five hits, one hit per pitch and 11 walks, the latter breaking his own franchise record set by the 2020 NLCS and Jim Wynn in the 1974 NLCS. Muncy had a .630 on-base percentage during the series, helped by reaching base in 12 consecutive plate appearances, also an MLB record.

Ohtani and Muncy set a Dodgers record for each postseason series with these 17 times on base, surpassing the previous mark of 15 times on base set by Jim Gilliam (1955 World Series), Manny Ramírez (2008 NLCS) and Corey Seager (2020 World). Series).

“He’s a postseason player. I think a lot is said about what Kiké does in the postseason, but Max is a guy who will find different equipment during his postseason with us,” said manager Dave Roberts. “It’s a basic machine. He controls the strike zone.”

As a team, the Dodgers had a .395 on-base percentage during the Series, including 42 walks, to set a major league record. The only other postseason teams to have a team score at least 40 consecutive runs were the Cardinals in the 2011 World Series (41 runs) and Cleveland in the 1997 World Series (40).