Slaying Grimace wasn’t going to happen on this day, in this house.
The Mets have been a case study in resiliency this year, whether it was rallying from 11 games under .500 in June or receiving a ninth-inning home run from Pete Alonso in Milwaukee to advance in the NL Wild Card Series, so ending this season with a whimper on Friday — without as much as a victory on home turf in the NLCS — wouldn’t have fit the script.
Cold bats thawed and tired relievers pieced together enough outs to rev up the Mets charter for a flight back to Southern California following a 12-6 victory over the Dodgers in Game 5 of the NLCS in front of 43,841 at Citi Field.
The Mets, down 3-2 in the series, will have Sean Manaea on five days of rest to start Game 6 on Sunday in Los Angeles. The Dodgers have not announced their pitching plans…