LOS ANGELES (CNS) – The Dodgers moved within one victory of the World Series with a 10-2 victory over the New York Mets Thursday evening at Citi Field in New York, as Mookie Betts homered and drove in four runs and Shohei Ohtani homered and scored four times.
The Dodgers lead the National League Championship Series three games to one. Game 5 of the best-of-seven series will be played Friday, also at Citi Field.
Betts doubled in two runs in the fourth and hit a two-run homer in the sixth as part of a 4-for-6 game in which he scored three times.
Leading off the game, Ohtani hit Jose Quintana’s second pitch 422 feet over the right-center field fence for his third home run of the postseason and his first hit with the bases empty in the postseason, after going hitless in his first in 22 at-bats in the series. He walked and scored in each of his next three plate appearances.
Dodger starter Yoshinobu Yamamoto and three relievers shut out New York over the final 6 1/3 innings. Yamamoto allowed two runs and four hits over 4 1/3 innings, striking out eight and walking one.
Because Yamamoto did not pitch the required five innings, Evan Phillips (2-0), the second Dodger pitcher, was credited with the victory, pitching 1 1/3 scoreless innings, allowing two hits, striking out two batters and walking one.
Quintana (0-1) was charged with the loss, allowing five runs and five hits in 3 1/3 innings, striking out two and walking four.
The Dodgers out-hit the Mets, 12-10. The Dodgers were 6-for-15 with runners in scoring position, New York 0-for-10.
New York tied the score 1-1 in the bottom of the first when its second batter, Mark Vientos, hit an 0-1 four-seam fastball from Yamamoto 397 feet over the center field fence for his fourth home run of the postseason.
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