Mets Achieve Rare Postseason Feat in Game 5 Win

The Mets are keeping the series alive with a big win over the Dodgers. Friday night at Citi Field, they pulled off an impressive 12-6 victory against Los Angeles, forcing the NLCS back to Dodger Stadium. The Mets came out swinging, scoring eight runs in just three innings and relying on their bullpen to hold the lead. Despite trailing 3-2 in the series, they’re not giving up easily.

Incredibly, not a single Mets player struck out during Game 5. They managed to score 12 runs from 14 hits and five walks, plus three hit batters, without striking out once. This feat hasn’t been accomplished since the Angels did it in Game 2 of the 2002 World Series against the Giants.

Game 5 was only the third time since 1961 that a team didn’t strike out in a postseason game. Here’s a quick look at those rare games:

The Strikeout Mystery:

Back in the old days of baseball like during the Yankees and Pirates’ battles in the ’60s World Series, zero-strikeout games were more common; there were three such games then! In total history of playoffs though? Only eleven times has this happened.

This season’s regular MLB games saw players striking out about every fifth time they went up to bat (22.4%), but come playoff time? That number creeps up even higher—23.4% as teams bring their best pitchers into action! Fans might wonder if this trend will continue or change next season.

Sending up forty-four batters usually means around ten strikeouts for New York based on their usual stats—but not tonight! Jack Flaherty didn’t have his best stuff going for him while Brent Honeywell wasn’t exactly mowing down hitters either; still credit goes where due: those Mets hitters fought hard when they needed it most!

Now we look ahead: Sunday night brings us another showdown at Dodger Stadium—will Los Angeles seal their ticket to face whoever awaits them across America’s pastime stage known as The World Series—or can these resilient Metropolitans push things all way through Monday?

What do you think? Will Mets pull off another surprise or is it curtains for them?

Joshua Collins

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