Canning and Alonso pitch brilliantly to lead Mets to Season Series Win Over Dodgers: Can’t solve Canning In loss To Mets
The Mets lost a close game in extras last night, after winning a very similar game the day before. Such losses can sometimes demoralize a team and slow them down. The opposite happened for the Mets, who came back strongly and won the third game of the series against the Dodgers, 6-1.
Dodgers starting pitcher Tony Gonsolin wipes his head as he walks off the field after giving up three runs in the top of the first inning of their 6-1 loss to the New York Mets on Wednesday night at Dodger Stadium.
Canning and Alonso pitch brilliantly to lead Mets to Season Series Win Over Dodgers: Can’t solve Canning In loss To Mets
LOS ANGELES
LOS ANGELES -Griffin Canning wasn’t a serious threat when Shohei Ohtani stepped up to bat in the fifth inning Wednesday at Dodger Stadium, but the way Canning was pitching made it the toughest situation he faced all night: Ohtani was batting with one man on base in a three-run game. If the Dodgers were going to make things difficult, this was their chance
Dodgers
Meanwhile, the Dodgers failed to keep up the momentum they gained with a 6-5, 10-inning comeback win against the Mets on Tuesday night, advancing only one runner to third base before Andy Page hit a one-out solo homer in the bottom of the nin
Mets
A key reason the Mets have won four of six games against the defending World Series champions is their ability to neutralize Ohtani, who is arguably one of the two most dangerous hitters in today’s game. Against the rest of the league, Ohtani is batting .301/.399/.671. Against the Mets, his slash line is .208/.286/.458.
Dodgers
The Dodgers messed up the first inning on Wednesday night, with Gonsolin hitting leadoff man Francisco Lindor in the right leg with a pitch and second baseman Kiké Hernández allowing Brandon Nimmo’s potential double-play grounder to roll under his glove, committing an error and putting runners on first and third with nobody out.
Canning
Canning fell behind with a count of 3 and 1, but he responded with his two best pitches of the night, an 87 mph slider on the outside corner for a called strike and a 91 mph changeup on the inside corner that the Dodgers slugger took for an inning-ending strike that sent Ohtani walking back to the dugout.