Mets manager Carlos Mendoza often credits the team's starting rotation with getting them this far in the postseason but for the third time in four games, the Dodgers "controlled the strike zone" and dominated the Mets 10-2 to take a 3-1 lead in the NLCS. Mendoza did acknowledge that the staff may have hit a wall and combined with LA's relentless offense has put New York on the verge of elimination.