The New York Mets are moving into the MLB playoffs!

This came after they defeated the Philadelphia Phillies with a 4-1 win in Game 4 at Citi Field in the NLDS on Wednesday night.

Now the Amazins will turn their attention to either the San Diego Padres or Los Angeles Dodgers in the NLCS, which begins Sunday on the West Coast.

The series will not return to Queens until Wednesday, October 16th and Thursday, October 17th for Games 3 and 4.

Tickets for the best-of-7 series are available now on Vividseats.com, a secondary ticket marketplace. Tickets for Game 3 and Game 4 start at around $250 and go up to over $2,000.

These prices will fluctuate as the games get closer and who the Mets’ opponent might be.

IMPORTANT NOTE: Don’t forget that Vividseats.com is a secondary ticket marketplace where existing ticket holders typically sell their tickets at prices higher than face value. And other fees can cost up to 56 percent more than the actual tickets. So before you write down your credit card information, look at the end result.

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Francisco Lindor hit a grand slam in the sixth inning, his final hit in a storybook season full of them, and the New York Mets advanced to the National League Championship Series with a 4-1 victory over the Philadelphia Phillies on Wednesday.

Edwin Díaz struck out Kyle Schwarber with two runners on to end the game as New York defeated the rival Phillies in Game 4 of their best-of-five Division Series, winning 3-1 and clinching a postseason series for the first time Home graduated in 24 years.

“I want to win everything. And our team will be remembered forever,” Lindor said, speaking in the interview room with one of his young daughters drinking from a Gatorade bottle on his lap.

“This will be a team that comes every ten years and eats for free everywhere they go. And that’s what I want to do. I want to do that. But the work is not done yet.”

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With tears in his eyes, outfielder Brandon Nimmo hugged Lindor as the Mets took the field in excitement after the finale.

Then, in a noisy locker room, they enjoyed the team’s first champagne-soaked victory celebration in Citi Field’s 16-year history. The last time the Mets won a playoff series in their own stadium was the 2000 NLCS at Shea Stadium.

“This is the kind of thing I dreamed of,” Nimmo said in a clubhouse interview shown on the giant video board at center. “This has been a long time coming. We really wanted it for our fan base.”

After a third bubbly win in ten days and some rest, New York opens the best-of-seven NLCS on Sunday at the San Diego Padres or Los Angeles Dodgers. These teams are 2-0 heading into Friday’s deciding Game 5 of their NLDS in Los Angeles.

“Let’s keep this thing going!” Mets slugger Pete Alonso told the cheering fans still in the stands as he emerged from the clubhouse party for an on-field interview with large goggles protecting his eyes. “So proud of this group. We’ve overcome so much.”

New York is seeking its third World Series title and first since 1986.

“I want to shatter the negative perception of Met fans, and we are well on our way to accomplishing that,” said owner Steve Cohen.

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

After falling short again in October, Bryce Harper and the Phillies are still searching for the franchise’s third championship.

“We have a really great group. We were beaten in a short series,” said manager Rob Thomson.

Perhaps the Mets were overconfident with so much on the table when they left the bases loaded in the first and second against Ranger Suárez, leaving a total of eight runners stranded in the first five innings.

They put three runners on again in the sixth, this time with no one out, before No. 9 batter Francisco Alvarez came to the plate against All-Star reliever Jeff Hoffman, who had warmed up three times before coming in.

With the season on the line, Thomson then called on closer Carlos Estévez to face Lindor, who drove a 2-1, 99 mph fastball into Philadelphia’s bullpen in right-center, New York up 4-1 took the lead and the sellout team sent 44,103 spectators into a mad, bouncing, pounding frenzy.