The Mets walked off Citi Field to boos Sunday, likely never to return this year, as their 3-2 loss to the Nationals was not only a depressing curtain-drop to Fan Appreciation Weekend, but set in motion a confluence of events that may keep them out of the postseason, too.

That’s because roughly 40 minutes later, shortly after 5 p.m., the score became final at Cincinnati’s Great American Ball Park, where the Reds again knocked off the Cubs, 1-0. It was right at that moment, with the Mets packing for what could be their two-city road trip to oblivion, that Brandon Nimmo was told by a reporter they were no longer in control of their playoff destiny, by virtue of the two teams now having the same record (80-76) and the Reds holding the head-to-head tiebreaker.

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