John From Albany: 10 Years Ago - Mets Win the NLCS, 10/21/2015

NY Newsday 10/22/2015

  

2015, the last year the Mets made the World Series.  This daily post will detail the game by game journey to the Fall Classic.  Click here for More Mets History and Calendar Classics.

Year: 2015; NLCS Game #4; Monday; Oct 21, NYM 8 @ CHC 3; boxscore; WP: Bartolo Colon; LP: Jason Hammel; Time: 3:32; Night; Attendance: 42,227; Record: 4-0; W; Mets win 2015 NLCS series 4-0;

Curtis Granderson RF: 1 for 5; SB; 1 run; 1 K; David Wright 3B: 0 for 3; 2 runs; 2 walks; 1 K; Daniel Murphy 2B: 4 for 5; HR,2B; 2 runs; 2 RBIs; Yoenis Céspedes CF: 0 for 1; 1 run; 1 walk; 1 K; Juan Lagares CF: 0 for 2; SH; 1 K; Lucas Duda 1B: 3 for 4; HR,2·2B; 1 run; 5 RBIs; 1 walk; Travis d'Arnaud C: 1 for 4; HR,HBP; 1 run; 1 RBI; 1 K; Michael Conforto LF: 0 for 2; HBP; 1 K; Kelly Johnson PH: 0 for 1; 1 K; Michael Cuddyer PH: 0 for 1; 1 K; Wilmer Flores SS: 2 for 4; 3B,SB; 1 walk; Steven Matz P: 0 for 2; 1 K; Kirk Nieuwenhuis LF: 0 for 2; 1 K; Steven Matz: 4.2 innings; 1 run; 1 ER; 4 hits; 2 walks; 4 Ks; Bartolo Colón, W (1-0): 1.1 innings; no runs; 1 walk; 1 K; Addison Reed: 1 inning; no runs; 1 K; Tyler Clippard: 1 inning; 2 runs; 2 ERs; 2 hits; 1 HR; 1 K; Jeurys Familia: 1 inning; no runs; 1 walk; 1 K;

Mets sweep the Cubs 4-0 in the 2015 NLCS.  Lucas Duda with a 3-run 1st inning homer and Travis d'Arnaud a solo shot put the Mets up 4-0, Duda drives in 2 more with a double in the 2nd for a 6-0 lead.  

NY Post: The Mets are Going to the World Series: "Lucas Duda, who had been almost nonexistent for the Mets in their previous eight postseason games, was the hero with a five-RBI performance that allowed rookie Steven Matz and the bullpen to coast in the most lopsided game of the series...Daniel Murphy established an all-time postseason record by hitting a home run in a sixth consecutive game. He finished with four in the NLCS and was named series MVP after batting .529. In nine games this postseason, Murphy has seven homers and 11 RBIs." 

Ken Davidoff NY Post: Daniel Murphy: Bumbling second baseman to playoff legend. "The second baseman’s eighth-inning, two-run homer off Fernando Rodney provided the fitting cap to both a virtually flawless NLCS for the Mets and Murphy’s own, obvious case for series MVP honors, which he predictably captured. The Mets’ 8-3 thumping of the Cubs in Game 4 on Wednesday night at Wrigley Field completed their series sweep and clinched their first trip to the World Series since 2000, when they lost to the Yankees."

NY Post: Versatile Bartolo Colon comes to the rescue again for Mets. "In the fifth inning with two on and two out, Terry Collins called on the 42-year-old to bail out the rookie, Steven Matz. Colon quickly got Kris Bryant to strike out to finish the inning and then pitched a scoreless sixth to allow Collins to get to the other members of his rested bullpen, Addison Reed, Tyler Clippard and the practically unhittable Jeurys Familia."