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Juan Soto achieved a historic feat, joining Barry Bonds, as the Mets fight to hold their Wild Card lead despite a 5-3 loss to the Nationals.
The Reds (79-76) are one game behind the New York Mets, who lost to Washington on Saturday afternoon, for the final wild-card spot — and Cincinnati owns the tiebreaker. The Cubs hold the top wild card and have already clinched a playoff berth.
Arizona Diamondbacks starter Zac Gallen, in what could be his last start of 2025 at Chase Field, hopes to end the season on a roll.
The Cincinnati Reds have won three straight games and are just two games back of the New York Mets for the third and final National League Wild Card spot, but their playoff odds are at just 8.5%, according to FanGraphs.
New York's 3-2 loss dropped it into a tie with the Giants for the National League's final wild-card spot, with 13 games left.
Daylen Lile hit an inside-the-park homer in the 10th inning that sent the Washington Nationals past the New York Mets 5-3 on Saturday. With a runner on first base and one out, Lile drove a 2-2 sinker from Tyler Rogers (4-6) off the center-field wall.
The MLB playoff picture is slowly beginning to come into greater focus as we get deeper into September. It appears most likely that the New York Yankees and
If not for the Mets, the road would be full of blockades, leaving the Diamondbacks, Giants and Reds unable to advance. But the expanded postseason is baseball’s answer to an open highway. Teams are free to use the passing lane, and ride as long as they can.
Mets' rookie starting pitching trio of Nolan McLean, Brandon Sproat and Jonah Tong are rolling at the right time