The Braves would clinch a postseason berth while the Mets and Diamondbacks would both stay alive entering Monday. New York would simply need to go 1-1 in a Monday doubleheader to clinch in this scenario, which might make the second game unnecessary unless the two teams decide to play for seeding.

The Diamondbacks, who did not record their first hit off Padres right-hander Randy Vásquez until the bottom of the sixth inning on a Corbin Carroll double, nevertheless entered t

Luis Arraez hit two doubles and a triple, Yu Darvish pitched 5 1/3 gritty innings and the San Diego Padres used a four-run first inning to beat the sliding Arizona Diamondbacks 5-3