Mets-Braves doubleheader to determine final NL Wild Card teams in dramatic fashion
The New York Mets and Atlanta Braves are set to play the final two games of the 2024 MLB season, and their postseason fate, along with the Arizona Diamondbacks', hangs in the balance.
NL Wild Card race: Braves need 1 win against Mets to make MLB playoffs
The Atlanta Braves host their National League East rivals the New York Mets in a doubleheader on Monday to determine the final NL Wild Card spots.
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Atlanta has the most straightforward path to a postseason berth Sunday. They'll clinch a spot with a win OR a D-backs loss. They can not be eliminated Sunday, and if they do clinch a spot, Monday's doubleheader would only decide seeding for Atlanta. There would be no incentive to go all-out in those two games.
NL wild-card race chaos: Diamondbacks win, Mets-Braves doubleheader to be played in full
All three teams are tied, with the Diamondbacks losing the tiebreaker. The Mets and Braves doubleheader will decide who's in and who's out.
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MLB playoff scenarios: NL wild card race coming down to the wire
While the six division races are all decided, along with the American League wild-card field, the National League wild-card race is still jumbled.
NL wild-card madness: Mets and Braves will settle things in a doubleheader on Monday
The Diamondbacks are in the running, too. Arizona will be rooting for one of the teams to sweep the doubleheader to make the playoffs.
NL Wild Card race: Atlanta Braves need 1 win against New York Mets to make MLB playoffs
The Atlanta Braves host their National League East rivals the New York Mets in a doubleheader on Monday to determine the final NL Wild Card spots. For the Braves, the playoff scenario is simple: Win and you’re in. Get swept and stay home.
Playoff implications for Mets, Braves, D-backs in MLB doubleheader
Weather delays, tight standings and an Arizona win Sunday forced Mets-Braves today. Here's what's still to be decided in their 18 innings in Atlanta.
Mets, Braves square off in make-up DH as both vie for playoffs
The Atlanta Braves and New York Mets each need one victory to qualify for the postseason when they meet in a make-up doubleheader on Monday in Atlanta.
Mets-Braves doubleheader: How did we get here? Who's going to pitch? And what are the playoff outcomes?
Consider the chaos unleashed. On Monday, the Atlanta Braves and New York Mets will play a doubleheader to determine not just their own playoff fates but the fate of the Arizona Diamondbacks as well. Rain from Hurricane Helene washed out two contests between Atlanta and New York last week in what was supposed to have been a monumental,
Mets beat Brewers, head to Atlanta for doubleheader Monday needing one win to reach playoffs
They beat the Brewers, 5-0, on Sunday afternoon but did not clinch a playoff spot because the Diamondbacks blew out the Padres, 11-2. That means the Mets still have to go to Atlanta for a doubleheader Monday.
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