Dodgers one win from World Series, Guardians rally

Shohei Ohtani has hit a leadoff homer and scored four times and Mookie Betts also went deep and drove in four runs as the Los Angeles Dodgers routed the New York Mets 10-2 for a 3-1 lead in their lopsided National League Championship Series.

Betts had a two-run homer and a two-run double among his four hits in Thursday night's game in New York.

Max Muncy extended his streak of reaching base safely to 12 plate appearances, a postseason record, and the Dodgers moved within one win of their 25th pennant - most in NL history.

Game 5 is Friday at Citi Field, with Jack Flaherty expected to pitch for Los Angeles with an opportunity to put his hometown team in the World Series.

In the American League Championship series, rookie pinch-hitter Jhonkensy Noel hit a tying homer with two outs in the ninth inning and David Fry connected for a two-run shot in the 10th, rallying the host Cleveland Guardians past the New York Yankees 7-5 and reducing the series deficit to 2-1.

For the Dodgers, surprise cleanup batter Tommy Edman had three RBIs, including a tiebreaking double off starter Jose Quintana with two outs in the third inning. Kiké Hernández followed with an RBI single that made it 3-1.

Betts broke open the game, greeting reliever Jose Buttó with a two-run double in the fourth and then right-hander Phil Maton with a two-run homer in the sixth.

Both big hits followed walks to Ohtani, and Betts gave a huge fist pump between second and third as he rounded the bases following his third homer of these playoffs.

Mark Vientos provided a rare highlight for New York, hitting his fourth postseason homer in the first inning off $US325 million rookie Yoshinobu Yamamoto.

But the Mets, who were 14-2 in their past 16 games at Citi Field when they arrived back home Wednesday, were blown out on their own turf for the second consecutive night.

The Mets have been outscored 30-9 in the series, including 9-0 in the opener and 8-0 in Game 3.

In Cleveland, The Guardians led 3-1 in the eighth before Aaron Judge hit a two-run homer off All-Star closer Emmanuel Clase and Giancarlo Stanton followed with a solo drive.

With the Guardians trailing 5-3 and one out away from falling into a 3-0 series deficit, Lane Thomas doubled against Luke Weaver in the ninth before Noel tied it with his towering homer.

Bo Naylor singled leading off the 10th against Clay Holmes and Brayan Rocchio sacrificed. Naylor took third on a comebacker before Fry, who hit a Division Series-saving homer against Detroit, sent a 1-2 sinker into the left-field bleachers.

Fry was mobbed by his teammates, and the fans at Progressive Field erupted in cheers.

Cleveland can tie the series with a win on Friday.

The Guardians, who have defied odds all season, were moments away from a heartbreaking loss after leading by two runs going into the eighth. Noel, who debuted in June, gave them new life by crushing a 1-0 pitch from Luke Weaver over the wall in left field to tie it 5-5.

Lane Thomas doubled with two outs off Weaver before Noel, known as Big Christmas, hit one of the biggest home runs in Cleveland history.

As he rounded the bases, Progressive Field fans danced on their seats and in the aisles in a moment reminiscent of Rajai Davis' tying homer off Aroldis Chapman in the eighth inning of 2016 World Series Game 7.