Heroes, zeros and the inside pitch from the Mets’ 10-5 Game 5 loss to the Dodgers on Sunday night at Dodger Stadium:
Hero
Tommy Edman, the Dodgers’ unlikely cleanup hitter, tied a franchise record for RBIs in a postseason series with 11. Edman smacked a two-run double and two-run homer in the clincher.
Zero
Sean Manaea, so good throughout the second half and the postseason, had nothing left in letting up five runs while recording six outs.
Unsung hero
Will Smith’s two-run home run off Phil Maton gave the Dodgers a five-run lead and allowed them to just about grasp the World Series.
Stat: 0
Games in the NLCS decided by fewer than five runs, every game a blowout.
