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The San Diego Padres stunned the New York Mets in Game 1 of the wild card round, and they'll have a chance to advance from Citi Field tonight.

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We go through the lines on DraftKings Sportsbook and pick who we would back on the ML in Game 2 of the Wild Card round between the Padres and Mets on ...

The O/U for first 5 is 2.5 and the under is -105. Chances are this is going to be a pitchers’ duel into the late innings, then the bullpen will have to take over. First, deGrom is dealing with a blister and that could be more of the reason Buck Showalter chose to go with Scherzer. Second, deGrom was pitching pretty horribly prior to the postseason. Now, the Mets are forced to turn to ace Jacob deGrom in Game 2 to stop the bleeding and force Game 3 on Sunday. The Mets dropped Game 1 of the series on Max Scherzer’s worst playoff start ever.

Game 1 of the National League Wild Card Series couldn't have gone much worse for Pete Alonso and the New York Mets.

“We have a challenge and we’re going to face it head on and we’re going to run toward it.” “That’s the reason why we had a really good regular season. They’re running right at Padres starter Blake Snell; a former Cy Young winner with the Tampa Bay Rays who hasn’t had the same amount of success against the Mets as Game 1 starter Yu Darvish. “This is fun. If we were to just pack it up and go home, you can’t do that,” he said. A disappointing result toeing the line of embarrassment, certainly, and obviously there’s room for disappointment.

The New York Mets starting lineup failed in Game 1 of the postseason with lots of ...

It’s the worst fear of a 2022 Mets fan come to life. He’s just part of the equation as to why this Mets offense isn’t so scary. It’s just not as much of a threat as some of the guys on San Diego. This quality isn’t something the Mets have all that much of outside of Pete Alonso. The Mets left 8 runners on base and were a combined 1 for 11 with runners in scoring position. The Mets did muster 7 hits which in the playoffs is sometimes more than enough to win a game.

These Mets are a game away from an eventful off-season after Max Scherzer endured the worst postseason start of his career Friday night in a 7-1 loss to the ...

And baseball’s gloriously unpredictable nature means there’s still a chance These Mets will offer more positive memories of Those Mets by climbing out of their self-dug hole in dramatic fashion. That, of course, led to a fallow stretch in which the Mets pieced together mediocrity on a budget for the final dozen years of the Wilpon era. But his recent struggles — Scherzer gave up four runs in 5 2/3 innings against the Braves last Saturday — offered another reminder of his vulnerabilities as a 38-year-old dealing with lingering oblique injuries after throwing more than 3,000 professional innings.

The New York Mets face the San Diego Padres in an elimination game on Saturday.

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The Mets are turning to Jacob deGrom with their season on the line.

[Chris Bassitt](/mlb/players/2114418/chris-bassitt/) in Game 2 if they won on Friday or [Jacob deGrom](/mlb/players/2044508/jacob-degrom/) if they lost. [You can view the full postseason schedule by clicking here](https://www.cbssports.com/mlb/news/2021-mlb-playoffs-bracket-postseason-baseball-schedule-as-yankees-red-sox-clinch-final-spots/), and [here's the 2022 playoff bracket](https://www.cbssports.com/mlb/news/2022-mlb-playoffs-bracket-scores-matchups-schedule-as-mariners-guardians-advance-to-alds/). Snell has been really good on the road this season (3.06 ERA, 63 K in 47 innings). [Los Angeles Dodgers](https://www.cbssports.com/mlb/teams/LAD/los-angeles-dodgers/). With the season on the line, the Mets will turn to one of the best pitchers in franchise history. Game 2 of the Wild Card Series takes place Saturday night where the Padres will look to clinch an NLDS berth and the Mets attempt to stay alive.

In addition to Bassitt, Jacob deGrom, Taijuan Walker and Carlos Carrasco all could be free agents after the season as well. Scroll to Continue ...

Bassitt was acquired from the Oakland Athletics back in March. We haven't thought or worried one bit about free agency, we're worried about today or tomorrow and that's it." "I'll deal with that when we're done.

Chris Bassitt says his mental toughness has been greatly improved by dealing with the New York spotlight this season: 'We lose two or three, and holy crap, ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Taijuan Walker replaced injured reliever Joely Rodríguez on the New York Mets' wild-card series roster ahead of Game 2 against the San...

The right-hander was 12-5 with a 3.49 ERA in 29 starts this year. In a news release, the commissioner’s office said MLB Medical Director Dr. Rodríguez was sidelined by a shoulder issue and won’t be eligible to return unless the Mets reach the NL Championship Series.

Major League Baseball announced today that it has approved a Wild Card Series roster substitution for the New York Mets due to an injury sustained by ...

Major League Baseball announced today that it has approved a Wild Card Series roster substitution for the New York Mets due to an injury sustained by pitcher Joely Rodríguez. The Commissioner’s Office may approve or disapprove the request based on the specific facts and circumstances. MLB Postseason rules provide that a Club may request permission from the Commissioner’s Office to replace a player who is unable to play because of an injury.

Taijuan Walker has replaced injured reliever Joely Rodr�guez on the New York Mets' wild-card series roster ahead of Game 2 against the San Diego Padres.

The right-hander was 12-5 with a 3.49 ERA in 29 starts this year. In a news release, the commissioner’s office said MLB Medical Director Dr. Rodríguez was sidelined by a shoulder issue and won’t be eligible to return unless the Mets reach the NL Championship Series.

Starter Taijuan Walker took his place for the best-of-three series vs. the Padres.

[Max Scherzer](/mlb/players/1225651/max-scherzer/). [It was one of the worst starts of Scherzer's career](https://www.cbssports.com/mlb/news/mets-max-scherzer-allows-four-home-runs-vs-padres-in-dreadful-playoff-outing-one-of-the-lowest-of-lows/), postseason or otherwise. That means he'll be on [Juan Soto](/mlb/players/2507367/juan-soto/) duty the rest of the series. [San Diego Padres](https://www.cbssports.com/mlb/teams/SD/san-diego-padres/) in Game 1 of the Wild Card Series on Friday. [New York Mets](https://www.cbssports.com/mlb/teams/NYM/new-york-mets/) have removed lefty reliever [Joely Rodríguez](/mlb/players/2107842/joely-rodriguez/) from their Wild Card Series roster due to a shoulder problem, [MLB](/mlb) announced Saturday. Rodríguez's injury leaves [David Peterson](/mlb/players/2835074/david-peterson/) as the only lefty in New York's bullpen.

We go over how you can watch Saturday's ESPN MLB Wild Card round broadcast for Padres and Mets in Game 2.

[WatchESPN](https://go.web.plus.espn.com/c/482924/535099/9070?subId2=[]sb[p]23153965[t]w[d]D&sharedid=draftkingsnation) or the [ESPN app](http://www.espn.com/espn/apps/espn). The Padres had a power surge and could be dangerous if they’re able to get past the Mets. If they can work deGrom and get to the bullpen, things could end up like Friday night. It’s unlikely the Padres get to deGrom and put on a similar performance. [Mets](https://www.amazinavenue.com/) in Game 2 of the Wild Card round of the 2022 [MLB playoffs](https://www.sbnation.com/mlb-playoffs). Scherzer, normally lights out, had his worst playoff start of his career, allowing four HRs and seven earned runs in the loss.

The New York Mets got redemption against the San Diego Padres to force the tiebreaker in the best-of-three NL wild-card series, winning Game 2 7-3.

Ruf struck out, walked and was hit by a pitch. Adam Ottavino walked in a run before Showalter went to Lugo for the final out. ... Slumping DH Darin Ruf returned from a neck strain and played his first game since Sept. [Pete Alonso launched a tiebreaking homer](https://www.mlb.com/gameday/padres-vs-mets/2022/10/08/715760#game_state=final,lock_state=final,game_tab=videos,game=715760) and Jacob deGrom pitched well enough to help save New York with a 7-3 victory over the [San Diego Padres](/baseball/mlb/teams/san-diego-padres/) that evened their wild-card playoff series at one game apiece Saturday night. Alonso homered on the first pitch in the bottom half from reliever Nick Martinez, who went to college in New York City at Fordham. Mets: RHP Taijuan Walker replaced left-handed reliever Joely Rodríguez (shoulder) on the series roster before the game, an injury substitution that needed to be approved by Major League Baseball. We're gonna be in the same situation tomorrow.” Díaz was summoned by manager Buck Showalter in the seventh — his earliest appearance since August 2020. “Any team that's fighting for its life is going to come out guns blazing. Eduardo Escobar added an RBI single off Pierce Johnson, and pinch-hitter Daniel Vogelbach had a sacrifice fly. “He did what he does best. “At this point it's all about 27 outs.”

Alas, we only ended up with one deciding game in the Wild Card Series on Sunday. Congratulations to the Mariners, Guardians and Phillies: We hope they enjoy ...

Álvarez -- who was put on the postseason roster to mostly face lefties -- made a pinch-hitting appearance in Game 1, and a potential matchup between Hader and the wunderkind is the stuff of October lore. One of them is about to have their season end on Sunday night. And let us not forget that Bassitt, the Game 3 starter and an underappreciated trade acquisition from Oakland last winter, has a $18 million mutual option he could very well choose to turn down in favor of hitting the market. But the Mets, wow, if the Mets have a glorious season like this one -- they won 101 games! The Padres traded away the best parts of their farm system to bring in Soto, hoping to pair him with Manny Machado and, um, Fernando Tatis Jr. [their big trade with Milwaukee](https://www.mlb.com/news/josh-hader-traded-to-padres), you should know that Hader looked much more like his old self over the final month of the season, largely because the Padres went back to giving him plenty of rest and not overextending him. A fascinating subplot here is that the Mets could have Francisco Álvarez, the This is the sort of game you’d love to rely on one of your two starting pitching aces. But now Buck and the Mets have to go and win Game 3 with neither one of their aces ... But you can certainly make the argument that manager Buck Showalter was maybe a little too aggressive with him in Game 2. [Juan Soto](https://www.mlb.com/player/665742) at his best in their lineup. Alas, we only ended up with one deciding game in the Wild Card Series on Sunday.

Jacob deGrom kept things close early and the Mets' offense exploded late, forcing the only decisive Game 3 of the new wild-card round.

After posting a .184 average and a .341 slugging percentage during the regular season, Grisham has now sent balls over the fence against two of the best pitchers in baseball — Max Scherzer and deGrom — on back to back nights. “But the hope was we’d win a baseball game and continue to keep playing,” he said. The Mets quickly recovered and retook the lead. But Seth Lugo came in and retired Josh Bell to end the game without any further damage. He helped the Mets over the final two months of the regular season and Saturday was the first time he pitched on the sport’s biggest stage, the postseason, since Game 2 of the 2015 World Series, which the Mets lost to the Kansas City Royals. The same energy continued into the bottom half of the frame. Given the chance to pitch in the postseason for the first time in seven years, deGrom saved the Mets’ season for one more day. But the bulk of the game belonged to deGrom, 34, who struck out eight. batting champion](https://www.nytimes.com/2022/10/05/sports/baseball/jeff-mcneil-mets-batting-title.html), broke the game open with a two-run double in the seventh inning. The Mets’ bullpen — [led by closer Edwin Díaz](https://www.nytimes.com/2022/08/26/sports/baseball/edwin-diaz-mets.html), who was called upon when it was a one-run game — provided stout relief. This year was the final guaranteed chance to make a playoff run with deGrom, who, despite his stated love of the Mets, has He won the National League Cy Young Award in 2018 and 2019, and finish third for the prize in 2020.

Jacob deGrom came through for the Mets in a win-or-go-home Game 2, pitching six strong innings in a 7-3 victory over the Padres on Saturday night.

Showalter then came to the mound to replace Diaz with reliever [Adam Ottavino](https://www.espn.com/mlb/player/_/id/29705/adam-ottavino), who struck out Drury to end the inning. "So, I said let's win the game tomorrow." Diaz then got Profar and Soto to ground out to end the seventh inning. "There were things that would have changed that; if he had two eight-pitch innings, I would think about it." With Grisham hitting two homers against the Mets during the first two games of the series, Showalter wanted to challenge the Padres outfielder with the team's toughest reliever before the top of the San Diego lineup came up in a 3-2 game. I felt like I made an adjustment there, and the sixth inning, I felt the best." "Felt like I had a good feel for it; I just threw too many in a row to him, and he kept one fair." "Early on, they were just a little bit off and not quite the height I wanted them. With free agency looming and the [San Diego Padres](/mlb/team/_/name/sd/san-diego-padres) taking Game 1 of the National League Wild Card Series, deGrom said he went into his start in Game 2 knowing that if he didn't pitch well, it could be the last time he pitched at Citi Field as a Met. Throughout the evening, deGrom primarily relied on his fastball -- which topped 100 mph on 19 of his 99 pitches -- and slider, throwing his curveball just twice and his changeup six times. He retired the top of Padres' lineup in order, striking out slugger [Juan Soto](https://www.espn.com/mlb/player/_/id/36969/juan-soto) and [Manny Machado](https://www.espn.com/mlb/player/_/id/31097/manny-machado) swinging.

Padres pitcher Blake Snell reacts after one of his six walks in 3 1/3 innings Saturday during Game 2 of the wild-card series at Citi Field. (K.C. Alfred/The San ...

Leadoff walks to Escobar and Darin Ruf set up a one-out singled laced over the head of Machado to regain the lead. Only one pitch was needed for the Mets to regain the lead. In all, Padres pitching coughed up 10 free bases on nine walks and a hit batter. The RBI ran off Snell, who lasted just an out beyond the third with 90 pitches, less than half of which were strikes. Profar rifled a run-scoring single barely fair down the first-base line to tie it at 2. Grisham, a .184 hitter during the season, homered for the second straight night in New York. Profar ran to third, drawing a throw from Marte, as Soto raced to second behind it. “My last postseason experience, obviously I was out of the bullpen,” Musgrove said of his playoff debut with the Astros in 2017. When the Padres swapped Pierce Johnson for Morejon, Eduardo Escobar piled on with a run-scoring single to make it 6-2. Grisham corralled another well-hit ball, this time off the bat of Starling Marte, to escape game-changing damage. “We feel good,” Melvin said of his $100 million pitcher shouldering the kind of game $100 million pitchers do. It takes a lot of discipline.”

“It was just a lot of just good ball talk amongst the fellas,” said first baseman Pete Alonso. So in the wake of Saturday's 7–3 victory over the Padres to force ...

Yeah, whoever can just be themself and not—the crowd is already going to be crazy. We don’t need Lindor to be more than Lindor is. We need Lindor to be Lindor. I think whoever can make the moment not as big as it is is going to have an advantage there.” We need Pete to be Pete. [Mets](https://www.si.com/mlb/team/new-york-mets) had been reminding themselves who they are: the Mets. [Once that designation might have brought scorn](https://www.si.com/mlb/2022/09/16/new-mets-daily-cover). It takes a lot of discipline because you want to score runs and you want to give Jake something to work with. And perhaps most heartening of all, the hitters hit. Díaz entered in the seventh inning and recorded five outs. Still, they tried to remain patient: A night after Yu Darvish dazzled, Blake Snell mostly nibbled, reaching three-ball counts on nine hitters and walking six in 3 ⅓ innings. We have good days.

Mets vs. Padres: Prediction, TV channel, live stream, odds, time, pitching matchup for Wild Card Game 3 · How to watch · Preview · Prediction.

[Francisco Lindor](/mlb/players/1894627/francisco-lindor/) and [Pete Alonso](/mlb/players/2447476/pete-alonso/) went 3 for 7 with two homers and three walks in Game 2 after going 1 for 7 in Game 1. The bet here is neither starter is especially sharp, both teams put up a few runs early, then the Mets pull away late when [Josh Hader](/mlb/players/2044482/josh-hader/) is unable to match Díaz's shutdown work. [Chris Bassitt](/mlb/players/2114418/chris-bassitt/) (15-9, 3.42 ERA) vs. [Mets](https://www.cbssports.com/mlb/teams/NYM/new-york-mets/) closer [Edwin Díaz](/mlb/players/2117203/edwin-diaz/) got five outs and threw 28 pitches in Game 2, though there's no reason to think he will be unavailable in Game 3. [The New York Mets kept their season alive with a Game 2 win over the San Diego Padres on Saturday night](https://www.cbssports.com/mlb/news/mets-vs-padres-score-new-york-keeps-season-alive-forces-game-3-behind-jacob-degrom-timely-hits/live/), and the two teams will play the decisive Game 3 on Sunday. The [Padres](https://www.cbssports.com/mlb/teams/SD/san-diego-padres/) have scored eight of their 10 runs in the series on home runs and that figures to again be the recipe in Game 3.