The Braves defeated the Mets 3-0 in the second game of a doubleheader. The win allows both the Mets, who took the first game, and Braves to earn a spot in the Wild Card.

You will be talking about Mets 8, Braves 7 for years: astride water coolers, inside watering holes, whenever you find yourself in the company of fellow Mets fans. And it’s likely that will lead to other adjacent subjects of great import. 

Was that the greatest regular-season game in Mets history? You might choose to exhaustively comb all 9,963 Mets games on Retrosheet to figure that one out, or simply go with what’s fairly obvious: yes, it most certainly was. 

Was Francisco Lindor’s one-out, two-run, ninth-inning home run Monday the biggest homer in Mets history? That’s a little more subjective. Here’s one man’s list, and one man’s order. Happy to hear what will almost certainly be entirely different lists from you:

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Marcell Ozuna singled with two outs and runners on second and third to give the Braves a 3-0 lead over the Mets in the bottom of the seventh.

Gary Cohen and Howie Rose delivered calls worthy of the Mets’ thrilling win to clinch a playoff berth.

The Mets rode a two-run Francisco Lindor home run in the top of the ninth to a wild 8-7 victory over the Braves in the first game of a doubleheader to earn an NL wild-card spot and their second postseason appearance in three years at Truist Park in Atlanta on Monday afternoon.

Fittingly the game’s final out was a soft ground ball off closer Edwin Diaz to Lindor by former Mets catcher Travis D’Arnaud. 

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Pete Alonso missed a chance to drive in the tying run in the top of the sixth. The Mets first baseman grounded to third with runners on the corners and two outs eliminating the chance to tie the game at one.

Pete Alonso singled to end the no-hitter and Starling Marte walked to lead off the inning, but Daysbel Hernández replaced the Braves' starter and struck out the next two batters before Luis Torrens grounded out to end the inning.

Mets starter Joey Lucchesi found himself in a bit of a hole after walking back-to-back batters with one out to put runners on first and second. He managed to get Sean Murphy to pop out to right field and Orlando Arcia grounded out to first to end the threat.

The Braves lead 1-0.

The Mets still have yet to register a hit on Braves' starter Grant Holmes after going down in order in the top of the fourth.

Luisangel Acuña and Jose Iglesias both flied out and Brandon Nimmo struck out to end the inning. The Braves lead 1-0.

The Astros and Tigers are preparing to face one another in the American League Wild Card series, but on Monday they were tuned in to the action in Atlanta, according to video posted from the teams' workouts at Minute Maid Park in Houston.