David Peterson tossed 7 innings of one-hit ball and made the win Sunday afternoon for the going to New York Mets, who guaranteed themselves a chance to bet a postseason berth Monday by beating the Milwaukee Brewers 5-0.
The win snapped a three-game losing streak for the Mets (88-72), who can clinch a National League wild-card area by winning a minimum of as soon as in Atlanta versus the Braves throughout Monday’s makeup doubleheader. The groups had the last 2 video games of their series delayed recently due to Hurricane Helene.
The Mets remain in a virtual tie for the last 2 wild-card areas with the Arizona Diamondbacks (89-73), who beat the San Diego Padres, and the Braves (88-72), who lost x-x to the Kansas City Royals.
New york city has the tiebreaker over Arizona by virtue of its 4-3 edge in the season series. The Mets can clinch the 2nd wild card by sweeping the Braves, who lead the season series 6-5.
The result of the NL wild-card race will affect the NL Central-winning Brewers (93-69), who are slated to start an NL wild-card series Tuesday versus the 6th seed.
Peterson (10-3) concluded a breakout routine season by strolling 3 and starting out 8. The left-hander, who enabled a first-inning infield single to Jackson Chourio, held the Brewers hitless in 5 at-bats with runners on base.
Peterson completed with a 2.90 ERA in a career-high 121 innings. He went into the season with a 4.51 ERA over his very first 4 major league projects.
Francisco Lindor was 2-for-4 with a homer, 2 RBIs and 2 taken bases for the Mets. He is one taken base shy of his 2nd straight 30 homer-30 take season.
Francisco Alvarez had 2 RBIs, one on a single and the other on a sacrifice fly. Alvarez, Mark Vientos, J.D. Martinez and Jose Iglesias had 2 hits each. Iglesias’ third-inning single extended his striking streak to a career-long 20 video games.
Colin Rea (12-6) took the loss after permitting the 5 work on 10 hits and 3 strolls while setting out 5 over 5 2/3 innings.
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