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Doubleheader score, instructions, highlights

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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.

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Here's how to watch the Braves-Mets doubleheader

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

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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