The San Diego Padres fight for playoff positioning when they start their final series of the season against the New York Mets on Monday.
The New York Mets host the San Diego Padres for the final series of the season starting on Monday night. The Mets won the first series in San Diego, 2-1, at the beginning of June. New York is going for its fourth straight victory after a sweep of its division rival, the Washington Nationals, over the weekend. The Mets are now 56-69 with a 28-34 record at home. The Padres are in better shape to make the playoffs, holding the last NL Wild Card spot with a 67-58 record, and they are 30-32 on the road. San Diego has been playing great lately, winning eight of its last 10 games. The Padres are coming off a series victory over the Cleveland in their only matchup of the season against the Guardians. Despite the Padres’ recent run, the Mets are still the -120 favorite to win this opener on Monday. New York will start righty Nolan McLean tonight, who is 8-8 with a 3.42 ERA in 136.2 innings. The Padres will counter with Walker Buehler, who is 7-5 with a 4.88 ERA in 114.1 innings in his first year in San Diego.
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Game Date: Monday, Aug. 17, 2026
Game Time: 7:10 p.m. ET
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After losing Game 2 of their series against the Guardians, the Padres bounced back on Sunday in the rubber match to blank Cleveland, 5-0. Casey Mize had a great start, going six scoreless innings while only giving up three hits to improve to 5-7 for the season. It was Mize’s first win for the Padres after getting traded at the deadline from the Detroit Tigers. Mize is just one year removed from his first All-Star appearance in 2025. Luis Rengifo and Gavin Sheets hit back-to-back homers in the second inning to essentially put the game away right there. Jase Bowen and Jake Cronenworth also homered for San Diego. Xander Bogaerts drove in the only run without hitting a homer with an RBI double in the fourth.
The Mets completed the series sweep at home against the Nationals with a close 4-3 win in Sunday’s finale. Christian Scott pitched a solid start, earning the win going 6.1 innings while giving up three runs with seven strikeouts. It was the first time that Scott pitched into the seventh inning since undergoing Tommy John surgery, which took him out for the entirety of the 2025 season. Luis Torrens hit a two-run homer as part of a three-run fourth inning that gave New York the lead. Jared Young hit an RBI double in the fifth inning that turned out to be the game-winner. The Mets have had two series sweeps since the trade deadline, which matches their total before the month of August.
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