The reeling New York Mets' struggles have breathed life into the National League wild-card race, and contenders San Francisco and Arizona will try to take advantage when they meet in a three-game series beginning Monday in Phoenix.

The Giants (75-74) sit 1 1/2 games behind the Mets (77-73) for the third wild-card position entering the penultimate week of the regular season. The Diamondbacks (75-75) are another half-game back, just ahead of Cincinnati (74-75).

"We just keep chugging along," Arizona manager Torey Lovullo said after the D-backs beat Minnesota 6-4 on Sunday to win the rubber game of a three-game series.

"The mentality is every single day brings a new adventure to us, and we're just going to ride it the best way we know how. And that's play hard, have great expectations to d

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