And then there were seven. Only seven teams remain in the Major League Baseball playoffs after the New York Mets eliminated the Philadelphia Phillies with

For the NL East champion Phillies, who won 95 games and finished six ahead of the wild-card Mets during the regular season, it was a bitter exit early in the playoffs and a disappointing step backward after they advanced to the 2022 World Series and then lost Games 6 and 7 of the 2023 NLCS at home to Arizona.

Francisco Lindor hit the go-ahead grand slam in the sixth inning Wednesday for the New York Mets, who beat the visiting Philadelphia Phillies 4-1 to win their National League Division Series three games to one.