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If the series goes the full five games, deGrom would face Game 2 victor Zack Greinke on Thursday in Los Angeles. Reynolds may become the second player in the modern era to make his major league debut in the playoffs.

“The best retaliation is winning the game”, veteran outfielder Michael Cuddyer said.

To keep the Los Angeles Dodgers in the playoffs, Clayton Kershaw might have to end his postseason skid – on short rest. The night wore on and New York kept walking and hitting and scoring, a team postseason-record 13 runs in all.

Regardless of what you think of the particulars of the Utley-Tejada play, from a strictly legal perspective, is suspending Utley fair?

“The fact that they felt the play was unnecessary and they did what they did was enough”, Mets manager Terry Collins said. “But that being said, I think he handled [the atmosphere] fine”.

Harvey labored through five innings in his first outing since missing a mandatory postseason workout and apologizing after he arrived.

Joe Sheehan, summing up what I’ve seen others write, took the opposite tack of the tweet above, writing today, “Kershaw isn’t going to move the needle on my opinion of him one bit based on how he pitches tonight”. It was a night Mets fans – and their owners – have dreamed out for a long time. He said “Imagine taking the 7 train… next to some kid with purple hair, next to some queer with AIDS, right next to some dude who got out of jail for the fourth time”.

That got the NL East champs started, and d’Arnaud broke out of his own slump with an RBI single. Four straight singles in the bottom of the second cut the deficit to 3-1, and New York loaded the bases with no outs.

“Coming up into the big leagues, being a rookie starting and having the success he has, it’s not easy”, Niese said. “Just embarrassing on my part”.

Yet the stadium rocked with chants of “Utley Sucks” and “We Want Utley” as New York’s lead grew.

Mets fans are understandably livid with Chase Utley. You can only go so far. Every infielder is trained to avoid contact as best as he can, knowing that it is coming when they have the ball and a runner is headed their way. It was a unusual sequence with Rueben Tejada turning his back to the runner as he attempted to get into position to throw to first.

Instead of Utley, Los Angeles manager Don Mattingly started Howie Kendrick at second. Ruben Tejada, the shortstop whose leg was broken in Utley’s slide, came out for the pre-game introductions aided by a cane. One sign near the first base dugout read: “Chase Ugly Is Still Philthy”, a nod to his 12-plus years with rival Philadelphia.

The Utley-Tejada play echoed decades of baseball history – but the replay challenge was a new and malicious force at work.

Meanwhile, Tejada raised his fist to a rousing ovation when he was introduced in full uniform alongside teammates. “So, for us, it was to stay focused, go out and let our play do all the talking”. They’ve been doing it for us all year.

Game four kicks off at Citifield just after 8 p.m.

Corey Seager is back at shortstop, joining Adrian Gonzalez as the only two position players batting left-handed in the Dodgers lineup.

Mets: Matz is a hometown favorite after growing up on Long Island about 50 miles from Citi Field. But then Matz, the second-round pick by the Mets in 2009, is 4-0 in his major league career and can not be underestimated with the bat, either.

“The adrenaline takes over”, he said.