Mets sweep 2 games from Nats but eliminated in NL East race
The Mets will face either the Padres or Phillies in a best-of-three wild-card series starting Friday at home.
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The Mets will face either the Padres or Phillies in a best-of-three wild-card series starting Friday at home.
New York (98-61) started the day two games behind the first-place Atlanta Braves in the NL East with three to play.
Chris Bassitt struggled and the bats were shut down after early spark in 5-3 loss on Sunday night.
New York faces its biggest deficit of the year with four games remaining.
Both teams are 98-59 with five games to go in the regular season.
MLB.com rates Álvarez as the No. 1 overall prospect in baseball.
The Mets moved a game ahead of the Braves heading into a three-game showdown between the teams in Atlanta.
The Marlins closed out the Mets not long after the Braves completed an 8-2 victory over the Nationals.
Slugger homered, drove in five, giving him 128 RBIs, as New York cruised to a 13-4 win on Sunday.
DeGrom (5-3) was tagged for five runs and four walks — his worst start since 2019.
New York has won seven of eight games to open a little cushion in the tight division race.
A record 2,112 batters were hit last year, topping the 1,984 in 2019.
The Mets (95-56), already assured of at least a wild card, maintained a one-game NL East lead over Atlanta (93-56).
Lindor's grand slam traveled an estimated 413 feet.
The veteran right-hander struck out nine and threw 68 pitches as Amazins' beat the Brewers 7-2 on Monday.
