The Mets won’t have much time to celebrate the win of the year. The MLB Wild Card schedule is out, and they will play the Milwaukee Brewers at 5:32 p.m. ET on Tuesday. The game will air on ESPN. It’s a quadrupleheader of playoff baseball action, and Mets-Brewers is Game 3. Freddy Peralta (11-9, 3.68 ERA) will go for Milwaukee. The Mets have not officially announced a starter, but...
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The party had to wait after the Mets clinched a Wild Card berth in game one of their doubleheader on Monday in Atlanta, but once game two ended, the team headed straight to the dugout and popped the champagne. It’s something they never go to do in 2022, waiting to clinch the NL East title for their grand celebration, opting for a demure one when they clinched a playoff spot. Unfortunately,...
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When the Mets (89-73) clinched a postseason berth with their wild 8-7 victory over the Braves (89-73) in the first game of their doubleheader, they were able to save Luis Severino for the Wild Card round, calling up Joey Lucchesi (0-2, 5.23 ERA) to pitch the final game of the regular season with only seeding being determined by whether the Mets won or lost. Atlanta was supposed to rely on Chris...
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Monday, September 30, 2024 • 4:50 PM Truist Park • Atlanta, GA • Game 2 (DH) LHP Joey Lucchesi (0-1, 10.38) vs. RHP Grant Holmes (2-1, 3.78) SNY • ESPN2 How we feeling, Mets fans?! After their 8-7 wild, wild win in game one of the doubleheader, the Mets officially punched their ticket to October. The only thing at stake for the Mets in game two is what seed they land. If they sweep the Braves,...
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In a remarkably wild year, the Mets saved their wildest win to clinch a Wild Card berth. A six-run eighth to take the lead?! Sure. However, more was needed after Ozzie Albies delivered a gut-punching, three-run double. Francisco Lindor saved the day and the season with the biggest home run of the year. Let’s take a look back at the unpredictable 2024 Mets. It was a heck of a ride....
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Monday’s doubleheader was assuredly going to come with drama. But what unfolded in Game 1, a regular season game that held the weight of a postseason matchup, couldn’t have been written by the likes of Hemingway or Shakespeare. There was pitching. There was offense. Over managing. And back-and-forth punches that haven’t been seen since the Rumble in the Jungle between Muhamad...
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