Atlanta-Mets advance to NL Wild Card Series...MLB PS 2 begins
Atlanta-Mets advance to NL Wild Card Series...MLB PS 2 begins
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The Atlanta Braves and New York Mets split a doubleheader to advance to the 2024 Major League Baseball (MLB) National League (NL) Wild Card Series.
The Mets clinched the first postseason berth with an 8-7 victory over the Braves in game one of the doubleheader at Truiste Park in Atlanta, Georgia, USA, on Sunday.
Atlanta then clinched a spot in the NL Wild Card Series with a 3-0 victory in Game 2 of the doubleheader, despite losing Chris Sale, who was expected to start, to a sore back.
The Mets and Atlanta played a doubleheader on Sept. 26 and 27 to make up for two games that were lost in the aftermath of the hurricane.
With each team taking one win, the Arizona Diamondbacks were eliminated from the postseason.
Atlanta, the Mets, and Arizona all finished the regular season with 89 wins and 73 losses.
However, Arizona finished two games behind Atlanta and three games behind the Mets in the head-to-head record.
Atlanta's eight wins and seven games over the Mets earned them the second NL wild card, 토토사이트 while the Mets finished third.
With that, all 12 teams have been finalized for the 2024 MLB postseason.
The American League (AL) postseason will feature the No. 1 New York Yankees in the East, the No. 1 Cleveland Indians in the Central, the No. 1 Houston Astros in the West, and the top three wild-card teams, the Baltimore Orioles, Kansas City Royals, and Detroit Tigers.
The AL's first- and second-place finishers, the Yankees and Cleveland, advanced directly to the Division Series (best-of-five).
Houston and Detroit, and Baltimore and Kansas City will play a best-of-three wild card series starting on April 2 to advance to the Division Series.
The NL postseason will feature the Los Angeles Dodgers (first place in the West), Philadelphia Phillies (first place in the East), Milwaukee Brewers (first place in the Central), San Diego Padres, Atlanta, and Mets.
The Dodgers and Phillies advanced directly to the Division Series.
Milwaukee and the Mets, and San Diego and Atlanta will play the Wild Card Series starting on April 2.
The winners of the Division Series will advance to the League Championship Series (best-of-seven), and the winners will meet in the World Series (best-of-seven) for the championship trophy.
There will be no South Korean players in the MLB postseason this year, as Kim Ha-seong (San Diego) is out for the season with a shoulder injury.