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.
While Judge is down to three games to try to get his 62nd home run, Severino was nearly perfect in a promising final start before the playoffs.
New York (98-61) started the day two games behind the first-place Atlanta Braves in the NL East with three to play.
The Yankees' slugger has until Wednesday to break the American League record, CBS2's Otis Livingston reports.
Chris Bassitt struggled and the bats were shut down after early spark in 5-3 loss on Sunday night.
The slugger also fell behind in his pursuit of the Triple Crown, now trails in batting race by 4 points.
New York faces its biggest deficit of the year with four games remaining.
He walked twice and was hit by a pitch on an 0-for-2 afternoon.
Zack Britton's season is over. His comeback from Tommy John surgery was cut short after just three relief appearances for the Yankees.
Judge has six games left: two this weekend against the Orioles and then four at Texas that end the regular season.
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 Yankees' slugger went seven games without a home run before he made history in Toronto.
The 117.4 mph drive took just 3.8 seconds to land 394 feet from the plate, and it put the Yankees ahead 5-3.
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.
New York (95-59) secured a first-round bye and home-field advantage in the Division Series.
Bombers' magic number to clinch the AL East remains at 1 after 3-2, 10-inning loss on Monday.
Bombers win 2-0. Slugger's pursuit of Roger Maris' AL record of 61 will continue Monday in Toronto.
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.
Judge was 0 for 3 with two strikeouts, a flyout to medium center and a walk.
New York has won seven of eight games to open a little cushion in the tight division race.
The slugger has two games left to catch Roger Maris on New York's current homestand.
Judge is one home run away from tying the record set by Roger Maris in 1961, but Friday's game isn't on regular TV.
