NY Mets pay tribute to Jacob deGrom before he returns to Citi Field mound
As Jacob deGrom made his first start back at Citi Field since leaving the Mets, the club played a video tribute on Sept. 12, 2025.
CHICAGO — The Mets will need to close out their series against the Cubs with a win to remain in control of their playoff destiny on Thursday night at Wrigley Field.
The Reds opened the afternoon with a 2-1 victory over the Pirates at home to move within a half-game of the Mets for the final Wild Card spot in the National League.
With one out in the ninth inning, the Reds’ Noelvi Marte robbed Bryan Reynolds of a potentially game-tying home run, leaping to bring back a fly ball at the right-field wall.
If the Mets can take the series against the Cubs at 7:40 p.m. Thursday, they would extend their lead back to one game with three games left to play. The Reds hold the tiebreaker against the Mets based on their season series and would leap-frog them if the Mets were to lose on Thursday night.
The Reds close their regular season with three games against the Brewers in Milwaukee beginning on Friday night. The Brewers are one win away from clinching the best record in the NL and home field throughout the Major League Baseball playoffs.
Meanwhile, after Thursday’s series finale with the Cubs, the Mets will travel to face the Marlins across three games beginning on Friday night.
The Diamondbacks remain in contention for the final NL Wild Card spot, as well. But after dropping a lopsided 8-0 result to the Dodgers in their home finale, they find themselves 1.5 games back of the Mets for the final spot and one back of the Reds, who hold the tiebreaker over both sides.
The Mets can now eliminate the DBacks from playoff contention with any combination of three wins or Dbacks losses.