Game 1 in Atlanta today was a crazy back-and-forth brawl at the end there, with lead changes every half-inning until the Mets prevailed, 8-7. That put the Braves on the backfoot in a must-win Game 2...in which the Braves prevailed, 3-0, to punch their own ticket to the 2024 postseason.
The Diamondbacks miss out on the playoffs, a year after making the World Series. They have a reasonable squawk about potential collusion between the two NL East rivals playing today, but Arizona still lost four of its last six, which was preceded by coughing up a 8-0 lead to lose 10-9 to the Brewers.