The 2024 NLCS has been an exchange of blowouts so far, and the New York Mets were on the good side in Game 5, notching a 12-6 victory on Friday in New York.
Facing Jack Flaherty, who shut them down across seven innings in Game 1, the Mets responded by knocking him around over the course of three innings. Pete Alonso got it started, loudly, with a three-run homer, and five more runs followed in the third inning.
The Dodgers could have been more aggressive in pulling Flaherty, but they clearly decided to do whatever it took to get through the game without using their better bullpen arms.