NEW YORK - There was no retribution, no hit batsmen, no bench-clearing brawls. Two nights after Chase Utley's takeout slide broke the leg of Ruben Tejada, the New York Mets and Los Angeles Dodgers appeared to put their grievances aside and just play baseball.
That proved a winning formula for the suddenly hot-hitting Mets in Citi Field's first postseason game ever Monday. A 13-7 rout of the Dodgers in front of an electric, sold out, orange-rally towel waving crowd left the Mets a win away from moving on to the National League Championship Series.
Their first chance to advance to face the Chicago Cubs or St.