If the Mets and Brewers are forced to play a one-game tiebreaker for the NL Wildcard, it will be played in Queens at Shea Stadium as a result of a coin flip tiebreaker.
Andy Pettitte, who has been tabbed to make the final start at Yankee Stadium, would like to take home some dirt and the pitching rubber following the game.
Erik Bedard could miss six-to-nine months of action as he and the Mariners have agreed that he needs to undergo exploratory surgery on his left shoulder.
The Brewers could be without pitcher Ben Sheets for the second-straight September after he left a start against the Cubs on Wednesday night with an elbow injury.