Mets couldnt match moment in rare October flop this postseason

The sellout crowd was alive and electric for the Mets’ first National League Championship Series game at Citi Field in nearly a decade.The Mets couldn’t quite reward the house electricity.For once this October, they failed to match the moment.This magical, masterful team that’s delivered several thrilling endings and rewritten many unhappy scripts (and game columns) couldn’t get it done for once.For a rare time, there was no fantastic finish.There were no heroics by the home team.The Dodgers were the team with the late fireworks this time.A majestic home run by international superstar Shohei Ohtani well over the right-field foul pole and just fair (this was the right call, but once again that pole needs to be higher!) and another by Max Muncy in the final couple innings gave the celebrated Dodgers an 8-0 victory and quieted a clearly crestfallen crowd.Someone near the press box screamed late, “Wake the (bleep) up.” We expect just that, starting Wednesday in Game 4.The team from Queens is down, but we know better than to count them out, of course.

They’re down by two games to one in this megamarket, high-rated National League Championship Series.But comebacks are their game, as we’ve seen time and again in this rocking October.They’ve performed their stunning recoveries over the last few weeks against some of the very best in their league, beating the Braves, the Brewers and Phillies — now all gone from this derby.

Now they will have to do it against a team filled with players who deserve their own tributes on the Walk of Fame on Hollywood Boulevard.If anyone can do it, it’s these Mets.Few teams have come back as consistently as them, and the $300 million-plus Dodgers are missing most of their star-studded rotation, necessitating some improvisation from their excellent manager Dave Roberts.There’s a reason Dodgers manager Roberts called this his “most challenging season,” and the absence of arms is probably reason one through five.

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