That was a long, baseball-less Monday in our household, but we comforted ourselves with visions of a healing Francisco Lindor. Whether or not the Mets start Lindor all three games in Atlanta, the Mets could end up writing three different secondbasemen into the lineup card in three days. A lot of very interesting options with two lefties going against them in the series.
Our household is also not treating the Phils' clinching as official. As far as we're concerned, in the unlikely event that the Mets and Philadelphia finish with the same record, the Mets will be co-division champions, and any tiebreakers are in place only to determine playoff seedings.
The other exciting news from last night, as noted above, is the Mets gaining a half game on the Diamondbacks, who go into the final week of the season having locked up nothing, secured nothing, and virtually clinched nothing. All of America must become Giants fans.
Clinching in Atlanta takes on an added urgency for Carlos Mendoza's team, as that eight-run comeback suggests the Brewers may be clicking on more cylinders than the Mets.
Playoff baseball.
| Day | Date | Opp. | Starter | Opp. Starter | Score | Div. GB | WC1 GB | WC2 GB | WC3 GB |
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| Sunday | 1 | @CWS | Sean Manaea (L) | Garrett Crochet (L) | W, 2–0 | 8.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 1.0 |
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| Monday | 2 | vs. BOS | Luís Severino (R) | Brayan Bello (R) | W, 4–1 | 7.5 | 4.0 | 3.0 | 0.5 |
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| Tuesday | 3 | vs. BOS | David Peterson (L) | Kutter Crawford (R) | W, 7–2 | 7.5 | 3.5 | 3.0 | 0.5 |
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| Wednesday | 4 | vs. BOS | Tylor Megill (R) | Tanner Houck (R) | W, 8–3 | 7.5 | 3.5 | 3.0 | 0.5 |
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| Thursday | 5 | | | | | 8.0 | 3.0 | 2.5 | 0.0 |
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| Friday | 6 | vs. CIN | Sean Manaea (L) | Brandon Williamson (L) | W, 6–4 | 8.0 | 3.0 | 1.5 | 0.0 |
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| Saturday | 7 | vs. CIN | José Quintana (L) | Jakob Junis (R) | W, 4-0 | 7.0 | 2.0 | 0.5 | +1.0 |
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| Sunday | 8 | vs. CIN | Luís Severino (R) | Julian Aguilar (R) | L, 3-1 | 7.0 | 2.0 | 1.5 | 0.0 |
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| | SQUEAKY | BUM | TIME | | 🐭 | ( | ) | ⏰ | |
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| Monday | 9 | @TOR | Tylor Megill (R) | Ryan Burr (R) | W, 3-2 | 7.0 | 1.5 | 1.0 | +1.0 |
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| Tuesday | 10 | @TOR | David Peterson (L) | Chris Bassitt (R) | L, 6-2 | 8.0 | 2.5 | 2.0 | 0.0 |
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| Wednesday | 11 | @TOR | Sean Manaea (L) | Bowden Francis (R) | W, 6-2 | 8.0 | 2.0 | 1.5 | +1.0 |
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| Thursday | 12 | | | | | 8.0 | 2.0 | 1.5 | +1.0 |
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| Friday | 13 | @PHI | José Quintana (L) | Aaron Nola (R) | W, 11-3 | 7.0 | 1.5 | 1.0 | +1.0 |
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| Saturday | 14 | @PHI | Luís Severino (R) | Kolby Allard (L) | L, 2-1 | 8.0 | 2.5 | 1.0 | 0.0 |
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| Sunday | 15 | @PHI | David Peterson (L) | Christopher Sánchez (L) | L, 6-4 | 9.0 | 3.5 | 2.0 | 0.0 |
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| Monday | 16 | vs. WAS | Sean Manaea (L) | Jake Irvin (R) | W, 2-1 | 8.0 | 3.5 | 1.0 | +1.0 |
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| Tuesday | 17 | vs. WAS | Tylor Megill (R) | Mitchell Parker (L) | W, 10-1 | 8.0 | 2.0 | 0.0 | +2.0 |
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| Wednesday | 18 | vs. WAS | José Quintana (L) | DJ Herz (L) | W, 10-0 | 7.0 | 2.5 | 0.0 | +2.0 |
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| Thursday | 19 | vs. PHI | Luís Severino (R) | Taijuan Walker (R) | W, 10-6 | 6.0 | 2.0 | 0.0 | +2.0 |
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| Friday | 20 | vs. PHI | David Peterson (L) | Christopher Sánchez (L) | L, 12-2 | 7.0 | 3.0 | 1.0 | +2.0 |
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| Saturday | 21 | vs. PHI | Sean Manaea (L) | Ranger Suarez (L) | W, 6-3 | 6.0 | 3.0 | 1.0 | +2.0 |
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| Sunday | 22 | vs. PHI | Tylor Megill (R) | Zach Wheeler (R) | W,2-1 | 5.0 | 3.0 | 0.0 | +2.0 |
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| Monday | 23 | | | | | 5.5 | 3.0 | +0.5 | +2.0 |
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| Tuesday | 24 | @ATL | Luís Severino (R) | Spencer Schwellenbach (R) | | | | | |
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| Wednesday | 25 | @ATL | David Peterson (L) | Chris Sale (L) | | | | | |
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| Thursday | 26 | @ATL | Sean Manaea (L) | Max Fried (L) | | | | | |
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| Friday | 27 | @MIL | José Quintana (L) | Colin Rea (R) | | | | | |
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| Saturday | 28 | @MIL | Tylor Megill (R) | Frankie Montas (R) | | | | | |
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| Sunday | 29 | @MIL | Luís Severino (R) | Tobias Myers (R) | | | | | |
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| Monday | 30 | | | | | | | | |
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