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MLB news: Sept. 28 -- Mets clinch NL East title and top seed in NL playoffs
The New York Mets wrapped up the championship of the National League East Division and the top-seed in the NL playoffs with a 4-1 victory over the Cincinnati Reds.
The Mets improved to 94-64 with the win, putting them 5.5 games in front of the Atlanta Braves in the NL East with four games left in the season
The Braves (88-69) own the second-best record in the National League.
The other two division leaders, the Milwaukee Brewers (Central Division) and Los Angeles Dodgers, both boast 85-73 records.
The division title is the second in a row for the Mets, who have reached the postseason four of the past five seasons.
New York last reached the World Series in 2015, losing to the Kansas City Royals.
The Mets latest World Series title came all the way in 1986, when they downed the Boston Red Sox in seven games.
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