As a hotbed of New York transplants, South Florida tends to draw more than its share of Mets fans when the team comes to loanDepot park. Friday evening, with nothing less than a trip to the postseason on the line,

Gary Cohen: "The Mets' lack of attention to detail ... has cropped up repeatedly during this slow-motion, backwards march over the last 3 1/2 months."

The Mets' playoff hopes took a major hit when the team lost to the Marlins and the Reds beat the Brewers Friday.

While they're now one game ahead of the Cincinnati Reds for the third and final wild card spot with three games left, they also have a confusing Clay Holmes situation. New York brought the veteran out of the bullpen on Wednesday and Sunday after using him as a starter for his first 30 appearances of the season.

With the Mets' postseason hopes on the line, third baseman Brett Baty departed Friday's game early after appearing to suffer an injury early in the contest.

Brett Baty belted a three-run homer, Francisco Lindor also went deep and rookie Nolan McLean struck out 11 batters, fueling the visiting New York Mets to an 8-5 victory over the Chicago Cubs on Thursday.

Nolan McLean (4-1, 1.27 ERA, 1.01 WHIP, 46 strikeouts); Cubs: Shota Imanaga (9-7, 3.37 ERA, 0.96 WHIP, 114 strikeouts) BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE: Mets -112, Cubs -107; over/under is 7 1/2 runs BOTTOM LINE: The Chicago Cubs and New York Mets meet on Thursday with the three-game series tied 1-1.

With their starting rotation in shambles heading into the final weekend of the regular season, the New York Mets have decided who will start for them on Saturda

Heriberto Hernandez lofted a game-tying triple, and pinch-hitter Connor Norby smashed a homer that capped a six-run fifth inning as the host Miami Marlins rallied to beat the New York Mets 6-2 on Friday night.