The NL playoff round awaits the results of the Mets-Braves twinbill

NEW YORK – Baseball season continues with extra innings.

While the situation in the American League playoffs became clear on Sunday, the National League remained confused before what was supposed to be a bad day before the postseason.

AL West champion Houston hosts Detroit and Baltimore plays at home against Kansas City in the best-of-three wild card series starting Tuesday. The Astros-Tigers winner will face AL Central champion Cleveland in a Division Series starting Saturday, and the Orioles-Royals winner will play the AL East champion New York Yankees.

The NL is still uncertain due to two rainouts caused by Hurricane Helene last week, with the New York Mets, Arizona and Atlanta vying for the final two wild-card spots in the 12-team playoffs. The Mets traveled back to Atlanta on Sunday and will play a makeup doubleheader against the rival Braves on Monday.

Arizona finished at 89-73 and the Mets and Braves are both 88-72. If either team wins the doubleheader, the Diamondbacks will advance to the playoffs. But if the twinbill is split, the Mets and Braves advance and Arizona is eliminated because the Diamondbacks lost their season series to both New York and Atlanta.

Arizona can only be a No. 6 seed if it reaches the postseason and would play a division series at NL Central champion Milwaukee.

If the Braves win one of the games in the doubleheader, they would play a Division Series in San Diego.

If the Mets win the doubleheader, they will be seeded No. 5 and play in San Diego. If they split and are the No. 6 seed, they’ll head straight back to Milwaukee to face the Brewers.

New York defeated Milwaukee 5-0 on Sunday and finished 1-5 against the Brewers this season.

Mets right-hander Tylor Megill (4-5) and Atlanta rookie Spencer Wechselbach (8-7) were expected to start in the doubleheader.

Right-hander Luis Severino (11-7) and Braves ace Chris Sale (18-3) were scheduled for Game 2, but a team that won the opener would likely secure that starter for Game 1 of a Division Series on Tuesday.