Atlanta Braves

The Atlanta Braves are hosting the New York Mets in a doubleheader that will decide the final two NL wild-card spots, a day after the scheduled end of the regular season

The baseball season is going extra innings.

The Atlanta Braves squandered a chance to clinch a postseason berth, losing to the playoff-bound Kansas City Royals 4-2 on Sunday in what was supposed to be the final day of the regular season.

Travis d’Arnaud hit a walk-off homer in the ninth inning and the Atlanta Braves kept up their postseason push with a 2-1 win over the playoff-bound Kansas City Royals on Saturday night.

Max Fried pitched three-hit ball over 8 2/3 innings and the Atlanta Braves delayed Kansas City's playoff celebration, beating the Royals 3-0 on Friday night in the opener of a crucial series for both teams.

A National League wild-card race that seemed headed to the final day of the regular season may require an extra day. And a doubleheader, at that.

Michael Harris II had three more hits, including a solo home run and an RBI double, and rookie Spencer Schwellenbach shut down the New York Mets again as the Atlanta Braves cruised to a 5-1 win in the opener of a pivotal three-game series

Austin Riley’s broken right hand will keep him sidelined for the playoffs if the Atlanta Braves get there

Mets shortstop Francisco Lindor is out of the starting lineup with a sore back for the eighth straight game as New York opens a pivotal three-game series with the Atlanta Braves on Tuesday.

All summer long, one massive series kept looming on the schedule