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MILWAUKEE — The New York Mets weren't supposed to get this far. Neither were the Milwaukee Brewers. Yet here they are squaring off in a best-of-three NL Wild Card Series beginning Tuesday in Milwaukee. These two teams should know each other well. The Mets finished playing a series in Milwaukee on Sunday before heading to Atlanta to play a makeup doubleheader Monday that determined the NL's final two playoff participants. A doubleheader split put the Braves and Mets in the playoffs while eliminating the Arizona Diamondbacks. Now the Mets head back to Milwaukee for an unlikely postseason matchup.
