The Warm-Up: Jets & Giants win in OT — Yanks clinch — Mets wrap up

Oct. 4, 2021 · Get Today’s New York Sports Here The Tweet of the Day --------------------------------------------------------------- Good morning. 🌅 --------------------------------------------------------------- 📅 Today's sports schedule - No New York sports today --------------------------------------------------------------- 📺 SNY originals - [Mets Post Game]( Luis Rojas unsure of his future with Mets after final game - [Jets Post Game]( Robert Saleh talks about Gang Green's dramatic OT win Today's word count: 521 New York had a flair for the dramatic on Sunday David Kohl/USA TODAY Sports New Orleans, 4:14 p.m. -- Saquon Barkley rushed six yards into the end zone for the game-winning overtime TD against the Saints, giving the Giants their first lead of the game and a 27-21 win. - Daniel Jones threw for a career-high 402 yards and two TDs, his third productive game in a row - [Takeaways here]( East Rutherford, 4:50 p.m. -- The Jets won their first game of the season, 27-24, when Titans kicker Randy Bullock [missed a 49-yard field goal]( that would have tied the game in overtime. - New York trailed 9-0 at one point but scored 15 in the fourth quarter to tie the game - [Takeaways here]( - [The Zach Wilson rookie experience was on full display]( The Bronx, 6:11 p.m. -- The Yankees managed one hit and no runs entering the ninth inning, but grabbed the all-important 1-0 win over the Rays when Aaron Judge [hit a walk-off infield single]( - The Yankees clinched a Wild Card berth with the win. More on that in section two - [Takeaways here]( Trivia time Seven Mets in 2021 hit double-digit home runs. Who are they? Answer at the bottom Yanks avoid game 163, will head to Boston Wendell Cruz/USA TODAY Sports The Yankees' 1-0 win on Sunday means two immediate things: - New York will head to Boston on Tuesday for the Wild Card game. The winner will face Tampa Bay in the ALDS - The Yankees won't have to face Toronto, who they would have had to play in a Game 163 if they lost Sunday. That's for the best: The Blue Jays scored 28 runs in their three-game sweep of the Orioles As for the Wild Card game: - It will be Gerrit Cole (3.23 ERA) vs. Nathan Eovaldi (3.75 ERA). Cole has been iffy of late, with a 7.64 ERA in his last three starts - The Yankees will be without DJ LeMahieu, who [went on the IL]( Sunday with a sports hernia and won't be eligible to return this season unless the Yanks make the ALCS On SNY.tv: - SEE IT: [Gio Urshela's dangerous dugout catch]( - [Aaron Judge on late postseason punch: 'There was never a doubt']( Three things to know from Sunday's Jets and Giants wins George Walker IV/USA TODAY Sports 1. Zach Wilson suddenly looked exactly how he was billed on Sunday against the Titans. - He finished the game 21-for-34 for 297 yards, two TDs and one INT. It was his best game as a pro, more so because of throws like [this]( [this]( [this]( and especially [this]( rather than the raw numbers 2. Both the Jets (+215) and Giants (+270) entered the weekend as sizable underdogs. A $100 moneyline parlay on both teams to win would have netted roughly $1,080. 3. Saquon Barkley looked like he was back on Sunday for the Giants. He scored two TDs -- the game-winning one and [a 54-yard TD reception]( with a vintage cut -- and totaled 126 yards. It was his first multi-TD game since Dec., 2019. What went wrong for the Mets in 2021? Brad Penner/USA TODAY Sports The Mets finished up their 2021 season on Sunday with a 5-0 loss to the Braves, bringing their record to 77-85. - In first place by 5.0 games at the end of July, New York went 21-37 down the stretch, finishing 11.5 games behind Atlanta in the NL East So ... what went wrong for these talented underachievers? There was Francisco Lindor's slow start, Jacob deGrom's injuries, Carlos Carrasco's delayed season, and so on. [SNY contributor John Harper went into all the reasons here](. On SNY.tv: - [Luis Rojas on feeling 'responsible' for disappointing Mets season]( - [Noah Syndergaard: 'It would be a tough pill to swallow not wearing a Mets jersey next season']( - [J.D. Davis feels like there's a 50-50 chance he's back in 2022]( The New York Minute - BEGLEY: [Charles Oakley gives Tom Thibodeau 'a lot of credit' for how Knicks played last season]( - READ: [Carlos Carrasco on his first season with the Mets]( - READ: [The Knicks have waived Luca Vildoza]( TRIVIA ANSWER: Pete Alonso (37), Francisco Lindor (20), Jonathan Villar (18), Kevin Pillar (15), Michael Conforto (14), Dominic Smith (11), James McCann (10) That's the buzzer. Enjoy your Monday Copyright © 2021 SNY- Sportsnet, All rights reserved. Our mailing address is: SNY- Sportsnet 150 Greenwich St Fl 50New York, NY 10007-2444 [Add us to your address book]( [update your preferences]( | [unsubscribe from this list]( [Mailchimp Email Marketing](