Stats of the Day: Murphy an offensive force

10/15/15: Daniel Murphy goes 3-for-4 with a home run, with his heads-up play getting the Mets' second run thanks to some slick baserunning• For the series, Murphy went 7-for-21 with a double and three homers, scored five runs and drove in five, and he posted an .810 slugging percentage. The three homers (he out-homered the Dodgers, 3-2) tied a Mets record for a postseason series, accomplished previously by Donn Clendenon (1969 World Series), Rusty Staub ('73 NL Championship Series), Edgardo Alfonzo ('99 NLDS), Carlos Beltran (2006 NLCS) and Carlos Delgado ('06 NLCS). Murphy's four extra-base hits came in 12 combined plate appearances against Clayton Kershaw (two homers) and Zack Greinke (a homer and a double). During the regular season, those two Dodgers pitchers combined to allow 82 extra-base hits while facing 1,733 batters -- or an extra-base hit allowed once for every 21.1 batters faced.

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