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    Major League Baseball’s 2024 regular season extends a day longer as the Atlanta Braves and New York Mets face a crucial doubleheader on Monday before the playoffs begin on Tuesday.

    Both teams were forced into the twinbill bracket last week due to weather in the Atlanta area and can clinch a playoff spot with a win. If the Braves win on Monday, it pushes the Mets out of the wild card list – and the Arizona Diamondbacks sneak in.

    A Mets sweep would eliminate the Braves in favor of the Diamondbacks (and give the Mets the second wild card spot), and a split would put both the Braves and Mets in the wild card round.

    Follow us all day on Monday:

    Here’s how to watch the Braves-Mets doubleheader

    Both games will air on ESPN2 and MLB.TV and can be streamed on Fubo.

    Mets manager Carlos Mendoza sent Tylor Megill out for the sixth inning and the right-hander retired Jorge Soler to lead off – but Ramon Laureano followed with a solo home run that gave the Braves a crucial insurance run.

    Megill was retired after giving up a single with two outs, finished his outing with eight strikeouts, and was replaced by Huascar Brazoban.

    Spencer Hügelbach allowed two hits to start the fifth, but the Mets couldn’t get the ball out of the infield as Harrison Bader struck out at the end of the frame. It was the second time in the game that the Mets failed to score after putting a runner on second with no outs.

    They have a 0:6 ratio with runners taking scoring position.

    Spencer Hügelbach continues his dominance over the Mets, allowing just one infield hit with four strikeouts in four innings.

    After Michael Harris’ leadoff single in the bottom of the third, Atlanta second baseman Ozzie Albies hit a two-run home run off Tylor Megill to give the Braves a decisive 2-0 lead in the first game of the doubleheader.

    A three-time All-Star, Albies has been limited by injury this season, recording his 10th home run in 98 games.

    Mets starter Tylor Megill worked around two infield hits in the bottom of the second, striking out Gio Urshela and Orlando Arcia, stranding both runners.

    Spencer Wechselbach shut out the Mets to start the day at Truist Field, retiring Francisco Lindor, Jose Iglesias and Mark Vientos in the first inning.

    In two starts against the Mets entering Monday, the rookie Hülsenbach held the Mets to one run in 14 innings and scored 15 runs with one walk.

    When is Braves vs. Mets?

    The first game of the doubleheader is scheduled for Monday 1:10 p.m. ETwith the second game starting approximately an hour after the first game ends.

    Pitching duels between Braves and Mets

    Game 1

    • Brave: Spencer Hügelbach – 8-7, 3.47 ERA in 20 starts
    • Mets: Tylor Megill – 4-5, 3.98 ERA in 15 games (14 starts)

    Game 2

    A fire at a chemical plant in Rockdale County, Georgia, enveloped the county east of Atlanta in a thick cloud of smoke on Sunday – more than 24 hours later. However, the worsening air quality is not expected to impact today’s Mets-Braves doubleheader at Truist Park in Cobb County – just over 35 miles away.

    FOX 5 Atlanta meteorologist Alex Forbes notes that the air quality issue is “not a major concern at all” and that conditions are expected to improve throughout the day.

    • Michael Harris II, CF
    • Ozzie Albies, 2B
    • Marcell Ozuna, DH
    • Matt Olson, 1B
    • Jorge Soler, RF
    • Ramon Laureano, LF
    • Travis d’Arnaud, C
    • Gio Urshela, 3B
    • Orlando Arcia, SS
    • Francisco Lindor, SS
    • Jose Iglesias, 2B
    • Mark Vientos, 3B
    • Brandon Nimmo, LF
    • Pete Alonso, 1B
    • JD Martinez, DH
    • Tyrone Taylor, RF
    • Francisco Alvarez, C
    • Harrison Bader, CF

    MILWAUKEE – With two games on Monday and a possible playoff game on Tuesday, there was no better time than Sunday for David Peterson to get back on his feet and ease the load on the bullpen.

    After a rocky opening inning, the 28-year-old left-hander delivered an encouraging result before Monday’s doubleheader.

    Peterson gave up an infield single to Jackson Chourio in the opening inning before the Brewers put runners on the corners with a walk and a fielder’s choice. But Peterson got Eric Haase to wave a slider for the final out of the inning.

    From then on, Peterson was almost unbeatable. He walked only two batters over the next six innings and finished seven scoreless innings with one hit, three walks and eight strikeouts.

    “I don’t think he came out because of the way he controlled the game because of his pace and he needed to win for us,” Mets manager Carlos Mendoza said. “He was calm, he was in control and he kept making shots. That’s a good sign because he’s one of the guys.”

    —Andrew Tredinnick, NorthJersey.com

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