Trailing 3-0 as they entered the eighth, the Mets put together an exhilarating top of the inning to take a 6-3 lead. But then the Braves answered in the bottom of the inning and Michael Harris II scored the go ahead run to take a 7-6 lead.

Four months after dropping 11 games under .500, the New York Mets earned a playoff berth a day after the regular season was supposed to end.

It's official, the Mets are playoff-bound. After a crazy final two innings, the New York Mets won the first game of Monday's doubleheader. The 8-7 triumph over the Atlanta Braves at Truist Park was nothing short of insane. The doubleheader was certainly played in the spirit of October baseball.