The Mets’ Terry Collins and most of his players were baptized into playoff baseball last night in Los Angeles. From Collins to deGrom to Murphy to Familia, playoff virgins made successful debuts. But it was playoff veteran David Wright who showed us the blueprint with his first at-bat, a 12-pitch walk. The Mets were going to make Kershaw work. Wright later delivered the big blow as well, but playoff rookies will need to continue to contribute, and that includes Terry Collins.
Collins and his coaches deserve credit for a solid game plan, which was executed as well as could be expected.