Everything else broke the Mets' way on Sunday afternoon. The Cincinnati Reds, who entered the 2025 regular-season finale level in the win column but ahead of New York via the tiebreaker, lost to the Milwaukee Brewers.

But as the Mets have done all season, they threw it away with a whimper — and now their season is over much earlier than expected.

The Miami Marlins scored four runs in the bottom of the fourth inning against a Frankenstein-esque collection of pitchers doled out by manager Carlos Mendoza, and extinguished New York's postseason hopes with a 4-0 victory at loanDepot Park.

With the result, the Reds backed their way into the postseason. They will travel to Los Angeles to face the Dodgers in the best-of-three Wild Card Series, which begins on Tuesday night.

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