Mets have clear path to steal two games in LA

 In any playoff series, in any sport, the goal for the road team is to split the first two games away from the friendly confines.

For this New York Mets squad, why stop there? 

 The Amazin's will be sending Kodai Senga to the mound for game one opposing Jack Flaherty. Senga is expected to pitch three innings with David Peterson taking things from there. 

Flaherty has a 1-5 career postseason record, and surrendered 14 runs in 30 and 1/3 innings pitched. New York will have a slight pitching advantage with the Dodgers extremely vulnerable to lefties after Senga leaves the contest.

Should New York come out on top in the opener, it would send lefty Sean Manaea to the hill to oppose Walker Beuhler.

Beuhler is far from an ace and the Mets will have a realistic chance of taking both games in Dodgertown. 

The template and the path is there for the Mets to set an early tone for the series. 

But as we know with postseason baseball, momentum is only as good as the next day's starting pitcher.

New York will have to capitalize on favorable pitching matchups to try to grab the opener and turn up the pressure on the Dodgers in Game two.