\n9<\/td>\n | Harrison Bader (R) CF<\/td>\n | Orlando Arcia (R) SS<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n MORE: How Monday doubleheader impacts 2024 MLB clinching scenarios<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\nMets-Braves starting pitchers for Game 1<\/h2>\nAtlanta will send Spencer Schwellenbach to the mound in Game 1. When facing the Mets this year, the right-hander has only given up one run in 14 innings. Against NL playoff contenders, Schwellenbach also maintains a 1.79 ERA in seven starts.<\/p>\n Tylor Megill will pitch for New York looking to redeem himself for his last outing against the Braves. The righty lost at MetLife through six innings pitched in June, giving up five hits and four earned runs, three of them homers. <\/p>\n Here’s how Megill and Schwellenbach match up for the first of Monday’s two games:<\/p>\n \n\n\nTeam<\/strong><\/td>\nMets<\/strong><\/td>\nBraves<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nPitcher<\/strong><\/td>\nTylor Megill<\/td>\n | Spencer Schwellenbach<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | \nR\/LHP<\/strong><\/td>\nRHP<\/td>\n | RHP<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | \nRecord<\/strong><\/td>\n4-5<\/td>\n | 8-7<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | \nERA<\/strong><\/td>\n3.98<\/td>\n | 3.47<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | \nSO<\/strong><\/td>\n83<\/td>\n | 122<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n MORE: Updated playoff bracket, magic numbers through Sept. 29<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\nMets-Braves lineups for Game 2<\/h2>\nNeeding a win to avoid elimination after falling in the first game of the doubleheader, the Braves made one change to their starting lineup from Game 1. Atlanta replaces d’Arnaud at the plate with catcher Sean Murphy. The 29-year-old rookie has appeared in 71 games so far, delivering 18 runs himself, 25 RBIs, and 10 homers.<\/p>\n Having clinched a postseason berth, the Mets are approaching Game 2 with caution considering their strongest lineup for the wild card series. Luisangel Acu\u00f1a replaces Lindor at shortstop, Starling Marte gets the start at designated hitter for J.D. Martinez and Francisco Alvarez comes in for Jose Iglesias at second to begin the contest.<\/p>\n Brandon Nimmo, Pete Alonso, Mark Vientos, Tyrone Taylor and Harrison Bader all maintain their spots but shuffle around a bit in the order. Gio Urshela moves up one spot for the Braves but the rest of the order remains unchanged. <\/p>\n \n\n\nBatting order<\/strong><\/td>\nMets <\/strong><\/td>\nBraves<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n1<\/td>\n | Luisangel Acu\u00f1a (R) SS<\/td>\n | Michael Harris II (L) CF<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | \n2<\/td>\n | Starling Marte (R) DH<\/td>\n | Ozzie Albies (S) 2B<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | \n3<\/td>\n | Brandon Nimmo (L) LF<\/td>\n | Marcell Ozuna (R) DH<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | \n4<\/td>\n | Pete Alonso (R) 1B<\/td>\n | Matt Olson (L) 1B<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | \n5<\/td>\n | Mark Vientos (R) 3B<\/td>\n | Jorge Soler (R) RF<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | \n6<\/td>\n | Tyrone Taylor (R) RF<\/td>\n | Ram\u00f3n Laureano (R) LF<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | \n7<\/td>\n | Harrison Bader (R) CF<\/td>\n | Gio Urshela (R) 3B<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | \n8<\/td>\n | Luis Torrens (R) C<\/td>\n | Sean Murphy (R) C<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | \n9<\/td>\n | Francisco Alvarez (R) 2B<\/td>\n | Orlando Arcia (R) SS<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n MORE: Updated Braves, Mets, Diamondbacks playoff chances and tiebreakers for 2024 MLB bracket<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\nMets-Braves starting pitchers for Game 2<\/h2>\n\n\n\nTeam<\/strong><\/td>\nMets<\/strong><\/td>\nBraves<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nPitcher<\/strong><\/td>\nJoey Lucchesi<\/td>\n | Grant Holmes<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | \nR\/LHP<\/strong><\/td>\nLHP<\/td>\n | RHP<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | \nRecord<\/strong><\/td>\n0-1<\/td>\n | 2-1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | \nERA<\/strong><\/td>\n10.38<\/td>\n | 3.78<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | \nSO<\/strong><\/td>\n2<\/td>\n | 63<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The 2024 MLB playoff race is coming down to the wire as the Mets visit the Braves for back-to-back games Monday to determine the final two National League wild card spots. Of course, neither game was meant to be played the day before the postseason is set to begin. Hurricane Helene unleashed her wrath on the …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":76601,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-76600","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sport","has-thumb","has-featured"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.timesamerica.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76600"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.timesamerica.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.timesamerica.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.timesamerica.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.timesamerica.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=76600"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wp.timesamerica.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76600\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.timesamerica.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/76601"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.timesamerica.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=76600"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.timesamerica.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=76600"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.timesamerica.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=76600"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}} | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |