The San Diego Padres are heading to the Division Series after shutting down the New York Mets in a winner-take-all wild-card series Game 3. Padres starter Joe Musgrove was nearly flawless in seven scoreless innings, allowing only one hit and one walk. The back of the Padres lineup sparked rally after rally and ended a 101-win season for the Mets with a 6-0 victory.
San Diego will now travel to begin a Division Series matchup with the juggernaut Los Angeles Dodgers on Tuesday night.
The Mets’ season soured from a dream to a nightmare over the course of two brutal weeks. First, they lost their season-long grip on the NL East in a crucial sweep at the hands of the Atlanta Braves. Then they tumbled out of the postseason entirely by dropping two of three in the wild-card series against the Padres. Their bats went quiet in Games 1 and 3 as unexpected contributors thrived for San Diego.
Center fielder Trent Grisham, a .184 hitter in the regular season, tallied four crucial hits, walked twice and reached on hit by pitches twice more. Oh, and he also played the stellar defense that kept him in the lineup when his bat was ice cold.
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