Mets beat Dodgers as deGrom outduels Kershaw

Last night, the New York Mets took the field for the 1st time in mid-October since 2006. Jacob deGrom out dueled one of the best picthers in the game, and proved why he should be considered as one of the best in the game. deGrom's line last night: 7 innings, no runs, no earned, 13 strikeouts, and 1 walk (intentional walk to Joc Pederson)

The thing is, deGrom wasn't even at the best we have ever seen him. He fell behind in a lot of counts and gave up his fair share of hits, but he looked poised on the mound, and no Dodger was even close to crossing the plate with him on his game. deGrom was dominant, or as you might like to say "deGrominant". The Mets proved last night, that you do not need a whole lot of veterans with playoff experience to win in the playoffs. They are a young cocky team, who is poised for a deep playoff run.

I haven't even mentioned the Mets veteran hitters, who have waited through agnonizing seasons to make it to the postseason. I'm talking about Daniel Murphy and David Wright. Yeah, the same David Wright, whose career was presumed to be over after being diagnosed with spinal stenosis, came through last night with his most clutch hit in his career.

If the Mets can somehow beat Greinke tonight, who might be even better than Kershaw, they might as well pop some champagne. There is no way in hell that the Mets lose 2 at home with home field advantage and a fan base ready to explode. Hopefully the Mets can win tonight, and seal an NLDS victory even tighter. The Mets live and die on their magnificent young pitching and it truely showed last night.