In an uncanny display of dominance throughout the 2024 National League Championship Series, the Dodgers have left the Mets reeling. Approaching game four, fans anticipated a thrilling matchup, but the Dodgers had other plans, continuing their bludgeoning of the Mets with a decisive 10-2 victory. This brings their series lead to a commanding 3-1, having outscored the Mets 30-9 overall.

The game’s tone was set from the very first inning when Jose Quintana, a postseason hero for the Mets, gave up a solo shot to Shohei Ohtani. It wasn’t just any home run; it was his first postseason hit without runners on base, setting an early tone that would haunt the Mets. Quintana managed to shake it off momentarily and closed the inning without further damage—a false promise of stability for what was to come.

But by the next inning, the Dodgers were unstoppable. The floodgates opened wide in the third, with a Tommy Edman double and an Enrique Hernandez single that plated two.

Though the Mets loaded the bases in the bottom of the third, only a single run scored off a scrappy effort by an injured Brandon Nimmo, who narrowly beat out a double play.

The Dodgers, however, showed no mercy, extending their lead with two runs each in both the fourth and sixth innings, before sealing the deal with an eighth-inning flurry. At this point, the Mets faced their toughest predicament yet—a daunting 3-1 series deficit in the NLCS.

With their World Series aspirations hanging by a thread, the Mets find themselves at a critical juncture. 

The Buffalo Bills piled further misery on the New York Jets with a 23-20 victory at MetLife Stadium in New Jersey.

The Jets were playing for the first time since head coach Robert Saleh was dismissed, but interim coach Jeff Ulbrich was unable to steady the ship.

Buffalo quarterback Josh Allen threw for two touchdowns and ran another to help his side to victory after two successive defeats.

Jets quarterback Aaron Rodgers threw for 294 yards, with two touchdowns and an interception in a back-and-forth encounter.

Rodgers’ efforts helped New York to a 10-7 lead after the first quarter but they trailed 20-17 at half-time, despite a stunning Hail Mary pass from the four-time NFL Most Valuable Player, which was claimed by Allen Lazard.

Greg Zuerlein kicked the Jets level in the third quarter, but Tyler Bass registered a field goal of his own with three minutes and 43 seconds remaining to deliver victory.

It is a third straight defeat for the Jets, who fall to third in the AFC East on 2-4, behind the Miami Dolphins and the Bills, who lead the division on 4-2.

The Guardians (formerly called the Indians) and Yankees have been around for a long time. Cleveland is a charter member of the American League, which was established in 1901, and the Yankees were born two years later.

In the 121 years during which both have been Major League franchises, they have met in the postseason six times: 1997, 1998, 2007, 2017, 2020 and 2022. In that span, the clubs have been pretty evenly matched, with New York winning 15 games and Cleveland winning 12. 

Prior to the advent of the Wild Card in 1994, both were in the AL East and therefore did not match up in the playoffs.

Including this year’s AL Championship Series, the seven meetings between the Guardians and Yankees are topped only by the 11 times the Yankees and Dodgers faced off in the playoffs as the most common postseason matchup in MLB history.