It’s official, the Mets are playoff bound.
It’s official, the New York Mets are playoff-bound. After a crazy final two innings, the Mets won the first game of Monday’s doubleheader. The 8-7 triumph over the Atlanta Braves at Truist Park was nothing short of insane.
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The doubleheader was certainly played in the spirit of October baseball.
In the first game of the double billing, the Braves bullpen lost a 3-0 lead in the eighth inning. The Mets scored six runs in said frame. A hit from Mets second baseman Jose Iglesias tied the game 3-3. Mets left fielder Brandon Nimmo’s home run provoked a silence over the crowd at Truist Park.
Braves second baseman Ozzie Albies‘ hit a base-clearing double that brought three runners home to regain the lead at the bottom of the eighth.
