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What we learned in the MLB wild card round: Game 1 is key, aces matter

There was a lot of good baseball this week. Elite pitching performances. One-run contests. Stars getting big hits in big moments.

Thursday night’s Game 3 — New York Mets 4, Milwaukee Brewers 2 — was a true postseason epic. Back-to-back Brewers homers in the seventh inning. Pete Alonso going deep in the ninth to keep his Mets career going a little longer. Then Francisco Lindor sprinting for a double play to end it.

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October is all about winner-take-all, and the Wild Card round had only one series that went the distance.