Mets-Braves Doubleheader: Wild-Card Tied

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Who moves on to October? What's at stake for Mets, Braves -- and D-backs?! -- in Monday's doubleheader

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The New York Mets and Atlanta Braves play a doubleheader on Monday ( 1 p.m. ET on ESPN2 ) The teams are in a virtual tie for the final two wild-card spots in the National League .

Arizona Diamondbacks need one of these teams to pull off a sweep in order to get into the playoffs themselves.

Sale's four -seam fastball averaged 92.7 mph against the Reds -- his lowest average of the season .

If the Braves had won Sunday with Sale pitching, they would have clinched a playoff spot.

The Mets manager Carlos Mendoza used Edwin Diaz to close out the 5 -0 win over the Brewers on Sunday .

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