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The Mets were shut out by the Dodgers 9-0 in Game 1 of the NLCS, a pretty disastrous start to the series. Kodai Senga clearly didn't have it from the jump; His speed was down and he couldn't find the strike zone. He gave up two runs in the first, was sent out again in the second and gave up another run before Carlos Mendoza went to the bullpen while Senga had recorded just four outs. The Dodgers scored three additional runs against David Peterson and another three against José Buttó. Danny Young was the Mets' only pitcher with a clean sheet, striking out 1 ¹⁄₃ scoreless innings. Although the Mets made good contact against Jack Flaherty, the offense failed overall, Jesse Winker let them out of a potentially big inning with a base-running error, and Flaherty pitched seven two-hit innings, saving most of the Dodgers' bullpen for today's bullpen game for LA.

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Tim Britton from The athlete wrote about Kodai Senga's shaky start in Game 1 and what it will mean for the Mets' pitching prospects for the rest of the series.

Senga said after the game that he felt his mechanics were not working, resulting in a loss of speed and lack of control.

We found out late last night that it was Brandon Nimmo Dealing with a case of plantar fasciitis This has been plaguing him since May, but has gotten “much worse” in the NLDS.

MLB.com has released its expert predictions for the NLCS and ALCS. The majority of employees surveyed chose the Mets over the Dodgers in the NLCS (58%). The Yankees were the bigger favorite in the ALCS, receiving 73% of the vote to beat the Guardians.

As expected, the Mets added Jeff McNeil to the NLCS roster yesterday. To make room for him, the Mets decided to use one fewer pitcher, keeping Luisangel Acuña on the roster as a backup and removing Adam Ottavino from the roster.

Laura Albanese from News day recaps all the crazy moments and mascots that made up this wild 2024 Mets season.

David Adler took a deep dive into Francisco Lindor's swing stats and wrote about how they might explain his transformation this season after struggling in April to become a top-three NL MVP candidate.

“I think they've shown that that's bullshit,” David Stearns said of the narrative that the Mets' current core can't win big games. “This core has been winning games since June 1, so we can give that up now.”

CBS Sports' Kate Feldman reviewed the 10 biggest moments from the 10-game stretch that took the Mets all the way to the postseason and the NLCS.

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Federal Baseball has updated on the development of the Nationals' 2021 first-round pick Brady House.

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Due to injuries, left winger Alex Vesia and shortstop Miguel Rojas are not on the Dodgers' NLCS roster. They were replaced by Brent Honeywell and Kevin Keirmaier, respectively.

The Dodgers also said yesterday that they will start running back Walker Buehler in Game 3 of the NLCS and play a bullpen game for Game 2 this afternoon.

The Yankees set their rotation for the first four games of the ALCS. Carlos Rodón will pitch for Game 1 tonight, Gerrit Cole for Game 2, Clarke Schmidt for Game 3 and Luis Gil for Game 4.

Yesterday on Amazin' Avenue

Brian Salvatore previewed the NLCS matchup between the Mets and Dodgers.

Chris McShane listed the Mets' top three strengths that could help them clinch a World Series berth.

Vasilis Drimalitis took a look at the Mets' NLCS appearances throughout franchise history.

Linda Surovich ranked the top 10 postseason home runs in Mets history.

This date in Mets history

On this day in 1969, Tommie Agee flashed the leather in Game 3 of the World Series.