Mets manager, Buck Showalter requested that Padres Joe Musgrove be searched for a banned sticky substance before the sixth inning. None were found. The 2011 graduate of Grossmont High School in El Cajon was in a groove. Joe Musgrove had retired the first 12 batters in his first postseason start before allowing a leadoff single to Pete Alonso in the fifth. Starling Marte walked on a full-count curveball leading off the seventh for New York's other baserunner. He was the only Met to advance past first, moving to second on Francisco Lindor's ground out, but remained there. Full story on CBS8.com: https://www.cbs8.com/article/sports/mlb/padres/musgrove-ear-check-desperation/509-00d902c1-8393-47ee-8427-dc74e14b80fa