The Padres also had home-field advantage in the 2022 NLCS as the No. 5 seed. They beat the Mets that year in Queens in the wild-card round and the Dodgers in four games in the NLDS before losing in five games in the NLCS.

The New York Mets are the first team to reach the League Championship Series in the 2024 MLB playoff bracket. The sixth-seeded Mets got a grand slam from star shortstop Francisco Lindor that lifted them to a win in NLDS Game 4 on Wednesday and eliminate the Philadelphia Phillies in the process.

Here is the Mets’ NLCS schedule as they head to California to take on the winner of the Padres and Dodgers series in the MLB postseason.

The Mets have ousted the Phillies, while the Dodgers roared back against the Padres. Meanwhile, the Yankees and Tigers are one step closer.

The San Diego Padres sent the star-studded Los Angeles Dodgers to the brink of postseason elimination with a 6-5 victory in a roller-coaster Major League Baseball playoff clash on Tuesday.