As Edwin Diaz completed the final out of his two-inning save, the Mets’ two-game lead over the Braves for the NL’s third wildcard was secure.
The idea of arriving to Atlanta for the penultimate series of the regular season with just a mathematical chance for the playoffs likely would have been palatable to the Mets when they last departed that city in April.The last piece of business before the much-anticipated series was handled Sunday night, when the Mets got a shutdown bullpen performance in a 2-1 victory over the Phillies before a sellout crowd of 43,139 at Citi Field in the regular-season home finale.
As Edwin Diaz completed the final out of his two-inning save, the Mets’ two-game lead over the Braves for the NL’s third wild card was secure.Two victories in three games at Truist Park will guarantee the Mets their second postseason appearance in three years.And if winning three of four against the Phillies wasn’t big enough, there was the satisfaction of letting a hated rival take its NL East-title celebration elsewhere .
Phil Maton, Jose Butto and Diaz combined for four scoreless innings of relief on this night — Brandon Nimmo launched a go-ahead homer against Zack Wheeler in the sixth — as the Mets completed a 6-1 homestand.
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