NEW YORK (AP) — Joe Musgrove brushed off chants of “ Cheater!” just after a weird spot test by umpires on the mound, pitching his hometown San Diego Padres into the future round of the playoffs Sunday night with 7 innings of a person-strike ball in a 6- victory above the New York Mets.
Trent Grisham hit an RBI solitary and made a great catch in center field that assisted the Padres get the finest-of-3 National League wild-card collection 2-1. Austin Nola and Juan Soto each individual had a two-operate single.
San Diego highly developed to deal with the best-seeded Los Angeles Dodgers in a best-of-5 Division Collection beginning Tuesday — guaranteeing the Padres will participate in in entrance of their dwelling lovers in the postseason for the to start with time in 16 several years when they return to Petco Park for Video game 3.
“We know that. We would enjoy for them to be capable to see some postseason game titles,” manager Bob Melvin claimed Sunday afternoon. “To an extent, we truly feel like they are a part of us.”
It was the fifth time the Padres have won a playoff series. They took a to start with-spherical matchup versus St. Louis in their personal ballpark with no followers permitted immediately after the pandemic-shortened 2020 period just before remaining swept in the Division Collection by the eventual Planet Sequence champion Dodgers.
For the Mets, a scintillating season ended with a whimper at residence in entrance of vacant seats. Baseball’s greatest spenders won 101 online games — the 2nd-most in franchise historical past — but were being not able to maintain off Atlanta in the NL East following sitting down atop the division for all but six times.
New York was up by 10 1/2 video games on June 1 and seven on Aug. 10 before ultimately ceding command final weekend. The defending Planet Series champions snatched absent their fifth consecutive division title and a initially-round playoff bye on the strength of a head-to-head sweep in Atlanta — and the Mets in no way completely recovered.
New York ace Max Scherzer got rocked in a Activity 1 reduction to San Diego and, after the Mets gained Video game 2 behind Jacob deGrom to stave off elimination, they mustered nearly nothing from Musgrove.
No. 3 starter Chris Bassitt lasted just 4 innings, providing up 3 operates and three hits with 3 high-priced walks to batters in close proximity to the bottom of the purchase.
Pete Alonso’s leadoff one in the fifth and Starling Marte’s wander to start out the seventh were being the only baserunners permitted by Musgrove in his initially vocation postseason start.
Robert Suarez and Josh Hader finished the one-hitter.
Wondering OF MR. PADRE
For the duration of batting apply, San Diego second baseman Jake Cronenworth wore an old-school Tony Gwynn No. 19 uniform T-shirt, a giveaway at Petco Park 1 working day this year.
“We all received ‘em,” Cronenworth reported. “Usually a ton of us wear ’em, but I think most people’s carrying hoodies now.”
Cronenworth, nonetheless, figured this was a working day to salute the late Padres Hall of Famer.
“It was just in my locker and I brought it with me for a motive, so I made the decision I’d wear it,” he claimed. “Tony was one particular of the most effective, so give us some aid from up above.”
TRAINER’S Area
Mets: Francisco Lindor was shaken up following fouling a ball off the within of his right knee in the fourth. As the star shortstop was checked by an athletic coach, supervisor Buck Showalter strolled to the plate, picked up Lindor’s bat and handed it back to him. Lindor stayed in the activity and struck out.
UP Up coming
San Diego went 5-14 against the initially-put Dodgers this time and completed 22 game titles driving them in the NL West.
New York begins its spring teaching plan next calendar year with split-squad game titles Feb. 25 in opposition to Miami and Houston. The standard-year opener is March 30 at Miami.
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