Yesterday in the National League East, the Mets and Marlins won while the Nationals, Braves and Phillies lost.
With last night's win, the Mets assured themselves they will not finish in last place, but will need to win out while the Phillies will need to lose out in order to finish in a tie for third place in the National League East.
To read about last night's win in Atlanta, check out this post to MetsBlog, as well as beat reports from MLB.com, the Wall Street Journal, Star-Ledger, Bergen Record, Journal News, ESPN New York, Newsday, the Daily News and New York Post.
The Mets will look for the series victory against the Braves tonight at Turner Field, with Chris Young (4-8, 4.21 ERA) facing Mike Minor (10-10, 4.27 ERA) at 7:10 pm.
