By Marissa Creedle

Good morning, Mets fans!

On Tuesday, the Washington Nationals defeated the Milwaukee Brewers by a score of 4-3 in the National League Wild Card game and will go on to face the Los Angeles Dodgers in the NLDS.

Nationals ace Max Scherzer did not last long in his start, pitching five innings, giving up three runs and collecting six strikeouts. Brewers starter Brandon Woodruff did not last long either, however, he limited his damage to just one run in his four innings pitched, collecting three strikeouts.

Brewers ace reliever Josh Hader entered the eighth inning with a score of 3-1 Brewers before surrendering a three-run double to Juan Soto.

On Wednesday, the Rays will face the Athletics in Oakland for the American League Wild Card game. Charlie Morton will start against Sean Manaea. The game will be on at 8:09 EST and can be seen on ESPN.

Latest Mets News

Mets rookie phenom Pete Alonso donated his game-used cleats to the 9/11 Memorial and Museum in New York City.

Dennis Young of New York Daily News shared his experience with the 2019 Mets, saying how they revived his love for the sport of baseball.

Double-A Mets affiliate Binghamton Rumble Ponies released their logo for the 2020 Eastern League All-Star game

Latest MLB News

Despite some efforts by MLB to enhance fan safety, at least 808 fans were hit by foul balls in 2019.

The Reds fired their President of Baseball Operations Dick Williams as well as dismissed hitting coach Turner Ward.

Jared Diamond of the Wall Street Journal analyzed the Rays’ success of building a playoff-caliber team with a small market salary.

The Angels fired their pitching coach, Doug White. 

The Reds hired Kyle Boddy, founder of Driveline Baseball, to be their director of pitching initiatives.

Latest NL East News

The Nationals won their contest in the Wild Card game against the Brewers on Tuesday.

The Braves announced Dallas Keuchel as their starter for their first game of the NLDS.

Latest on MMO

Logan Barer analyzed how Pete Alonso lines up with other Mets rookies of the past.

Matt Musico shared how J.D. Davis made the most of the contact he made with his bat in 2019.

This Date in Mets History 

1978: Traded Paul Siebert to the Cardinals for Bob Coluccio

Birthdays: Kevin Kobel (66), Scott Schoeneweis (56)