Mets win Game 2 behind Manaea, Vientos and tie NLCS with Dodgers

LOS ANGELES – Francisco Lindor and Mark Vientos hit home runs as the New York Mets snapped the Los Angeles Dodgers' record-tying postseason scoreless streak with a 7-3 victory on Monday, tying the NL Championship Series at one game apiece .

Lindor capped his storybook season with a home run in the first inning against Ryan Brasier. Viento delivered a performance in New York's second round, hitting a grand slam against Landon Knack.

Before Lindor went deep, Los Angeles had a string of 33 consecutive scoreless innings. Jack Flaherty led the Dodgers to a 9-0 victory in Game 1 of the NLCS on Sunday night.

Sean Manaea opened Game 2 with four shutout innings for New York. He was charged with three runs, two earned and two hits in more than five innings. Closer Edwin Diaz made a four-out save.

Dodgers superstar Shohei Ohtani was 0-for-3 with two strikeouts and two walks.

Game 3 of the best-of-seven series takes place on Wednesday in New York.

The Mets ran over the Dodgers after flopping in the series opener.

Lindor fouled four consecutive throws from Brasier before sending a 395-foot shot to right for his home run.

Knack took over from LA in the second, giving up a leadoff single to Starling Marte before striking out Jesse Winker. One out later, Tyrone Taylor doubled to left to score Marte.

After Francisco Alvarez jumped to shortstop, Lindor was intentionally walked to load the bases. Vientos sent a 391-foot shot up the middle for the third grand slam in Mets playoff history. This increased the lead to 6-0 and the sellout crowd of 52,926 spectators fell silent.

It was the Mets' second slam of the playoffs. Lindor scored the go-ahead shot in Game 4 of the NL Division Series against the Philadelphia Phillies. Edgardo Alfonzo had the club's first playoff slam in 1999.

The Mets are the first NL team with multiple grand slams in a single postseason since the Chicago Cubs in 2016 (also two).

The Dodgers had the potential tying run at the plate with two outs in the eighth.

Tommy Edman hit a single and Max Muncy walked before the Mets brought in Diaz. They pulled ahead with a double steal before Kiké Hernández flied out to shallow right field to end the threat.

After Muncy hit a home run in the fifth, the Dodgers rallied in the sixth and trailed 6-3, sending the crowd into another frenzy.

Manaea issued consecutive walks to Mookie Betts and Teoscar Hernandez to open the inning. Freddie Freeman ended up picking a high-jumping fielder to assist, which Jose Iglesias couldn't cleanly clear. Hernández was safe in second place due to the mistake when Manaea retired.

Edman singled off Phil Maton, scoring two hits for Betts and Hernández. Muncy walked to load the bases again and bring up Kiké Hernández.

It landed in the glove of third baseman Vientos, who initially wobbled the ball before throwing it to second base, where Muncy slipped into the leg of Iglesias. Then Pete Alonso kept his foot on the bag as he stretched to block Iglesias' throw.

The Dodgers disputed the double play call, but it was upheld and the inning ended.

Manaea was the first left-handed starter the Dodgers faced this postseason. You saw him a lot during his time in San Diego in 2022 and in San Francisco last year. But midway through the season with the Mets, he changed the way he threw the ball, dropping his arm slot and letting the ball fall more horizontally.

The Mets took advantage of hard-throwing Dodgers rookie Edgardo Henriquez with an insurance run in the ninth.

Dodgers second baseman Gavin Lux did not start because of a right hip flexor injury that forced him out in the seventh inning of Game 1. He was available for a pinch hit. Mets left fielder Brandon Nimmo has been suffering from plantar fasciitis in his left foot since May.

ESPN Research and The Associated Press contributed to this report.