Pete Alonso hit a home run as the Mets regained the lead.
The San Diego Padres will play the New York Mets in the third game of the wild-card series on Saturday.
There will be four best-of-three series to determine which teams will advance to the ALDS and NLDS in the next playoffs.
The wild-card series was swept. The Cleveland Guardians will play the Yankees in the playoffs. The SeattleMariners will face the Astros after sweeping the Toronto BlueJays. The Braves will face the Philadelphia Phillies after they sweep the St. LouisCardinals.
Who will be playing the Dodgers? Tonight, we'll discover.
After the game is over, follow the action below with start times, pitching lineups, predictions, and in-game updates.
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The series was tied at one game apiece.
The starting pitcher for the Padres is Joe Musgrove, who has a 3.03 ERA.
Chris Bassitt started for the Mets.
The starting lineups are shown.
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The chance to go to the NLDS and face off against the Los Angeles Dodgers rests on the shoulders of Bassitt and Musgrove. The bigger question is which version of the Mets' lineup will show up against the Padres. In the first game of the series, they left eight runners on base and only managed a single run. Home runs from Pete Alonso and Francisco Lindor highlighted the difference in the offense in Game 2. The Mets' offense has been one of the best in baseball, but has struggled recently in key moments.
Musgrove made one start against the Mets this season and gave up four runs in 513 frames. The restuarants will be just as crucial. The Padres' relief corps failed to keep things close after Alonso's go-ahead home run and Adrian Morejon allowed four to score without recording a single out, as the Padres lost the second game of the series. Josh Hader, the Padres' star relief pitcher, struggled when he arrived in San Diego at the trade deadline, posting a 7.31 earned run in 16 appearances. If the Mets' bats stick around for Game 3, the Padres' relief could be a weakness.
Our experts pick things.
Bassitt recovers from his struggles during last Sunday's pressure-packed loss to the Atlanta Braves and comes through with a strong start, as the Mets squeak out enough production from the top of their lineup to inch past the Padres in a tight game. The Mets defeated the Padres 4-2.
After the Padres split the Max Scherzer / Jacob deGrom starts, the edge in pitching matchups swings in their favor. Buck Showalter had to piece together high-leverage outs on Saturday. While the Padres had Hader rest, that happened. The Padres and Mets played to a 2-2 draw.
Bassitt was made to thrive in these moments. He will ride a frenzied home crowd to a win over Musgrove. The Mets and Padres played a game.
The team that has the better hands is New York. The Bassitt-Musgrove game is not much of a draw. New York's is slightly better, though a fresh Hader vs. Diaz coming off 28 pitches, the last time he went back-to-back with so many, is a bit scary for the Mets. Their lineup depth prevailed. The Mets defeated the Padres.
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