The Mets led the NL East for 175 days this season, however the Atlanta Braves nonetheless received the division for the fifth straight 12 months.
The Mets did what they might to remain within the divisional race by successful each video games of a doubleheader, 4-2 and 8-0, towards the Washington Nationals on Tuesday evening at Citi Field. But the Braves clinched the crown with a win over the Miami Marlins. The Mets will host both the Philadelphia Phillies or the San Diego Padres in a wild-card spherical this weekend, with Game 1 slated for Friday.
There was nonetheless hope when the day began and much more hope after the Mets edged the Nats within the first recreation.
“Stay tuned,” supervisor Buck Showalter mentioned in between video games. “We’ve got to see how the circumstances change in the next hour or two. We’ll see.”
The circumstances modified between the fourth and fifth innings.
Still, it was a momentous day for the Mets. The crew reached the 100-win (100-61) mark for the primary time since 1988 and the fourth time in membership historical past.
The Mets had been in a position to put up some gaudy numbers towards one of many worst pitching staffs in baseball. The penultimate recreation of the season opened with three straight house runs, a primary in franchise historical past. Brandon Nimmo, Francisco Lindor and Jeff McNeil every took Paolo Espino deep earlier than he loaded the bases. Mark Canha’s fly ball scored Pete Alonso to make the rating 4-0 and Espino was then changed.
The Mets batted round and ended the inning up 7-0. Francisco Alvarez recorded his first hit and it was an enormous one – a solo house run to left-center area off of Carl Edwards Jr.
Nimmo went 3-for-5 with a two-run double and a solo house run within the first recreation and 3-for-3 with three RBI within the second. McNeil continued his quest for the National League batting title going 2-for-3 with a stroll and a run scored within the first recreation and a house run within the second. He now leads all MLB hitters with a .326 common.
Los Angeles Dodgers first baseman Freddie Freeman was two factors behind Nimmo because the Dodgers performed towards the Colorado Rockies and their league-worst pitching employees.
Carlos Carrasco pitched properly in Game 1, however he wasn’t precisely dominant in his ultimate audition for a postseason roster spot. He went 4 innings and confronted two batters within the fifth, permitting a two-run homer to Washington’s No. 9 hitter, catcher Riley Adams.
“I don’t know how that guy hit that ball right there,” Carrasco mentioned. “The wind was blowing out like crazy today. But we won the game. That’s what we were looking for.”
He went 4 innings (plus two batters), permitting two runs on 5 hits, hanging out three and strolling one.
“Carlos wasn’t happy with his last outing or two so I know tonight meant a lot to him,” Showalter mentioned.
Carrasco might have gone deeper into the sport however knew he was going to be considerably restricted. With a rested bullpen coming off of a rainout Monday, the Mets opted to be conservative together with his use, and did the identical with Taijuan Walker within the second, pulling him with one out within the fifth.
Adam Ottavino (6-3) recorded the win within the first recreation and Edwin Diaz transformed his thirty second save. Stephen Nogosek (1-1) recorded the win the second recreation.
“He gave us what he had,” Showalter mentioned of Carrasco. “In a little different situation, we probably would have let him continue but we had a lot of people available and they did the job for us.”
It was a stable displaying for a crew that struggled offensively over the weekend. If there’s such a factor as momentum right now of 12 months, then the Mets ought to have loads of it heading into the postseason.
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