Arizona Diamondbacks

Arizona Diamondbacks second baseman Ketel Marte was voted a finalist in the National League MVP race.

Although the Arizona Diamondbacks didn't make it to this year's World Series, baseball fans in the Valley are watching, and many are divided on who they want to win.

“We controlled our own destiny for a little while there and let it slip out of our fingers,” pitcher Merrill Kelly said. “There are a lot of games that I think we let go.”

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The Diamondbacks responded behind a strong performance from their ace to tie the New York Mets in the National League wild card, a game ahead of Atlanta.

The Diamondbacks’ lead over Atlanta, a 5-1 winner over the New York Mets, dropped to a half-game for the final NL playoff spot with four games remaining.

The Diamondbacks (87-70) lost more ground in the National League playoff race as they try to claim one of three wild cards. They’re in sole possession of the final wild card, 1 1/2 games ahead of the Atlanta Braves (85-71).

Brandon Pfaadt tied an Arizona franchise record by striking out seven straight batters to highlight his dominating performance as the Diamondbacks boosted their playoff hopes by beating the Milwaukee Brewers 5-1 on Thursday night.

The defending National League champion, Arizona (84-68) matched last year’s total for wins and remained tied with the New York Mets for the second of three NL wild cards, two games ahead of Atlanta.

Christian Walker homered and Pavin Smith had two doubles and scored a run for Arizona, which dropped into a tie with the New York Mets for the last two NL wild-card spots.

Ketel Marte hit a two-run homer for the defending NL champion Diamondbacks (83-67), who are in the second NL wild card position, one game ahead of the New York Mets and two in front of Atlanta.

Arizona (83-66) is in the second NL wild card position, 1 1/2 games behind San Diego (85-65) and two games ahead of New York (81-68) and Atlanta (81-68).

The Diamondbacks dropped the series opener to the Brewers in a pitchers duel at Chase Field.

The Diamondbacks won the series opener between last year’s World Series’ teams 6-0 and jumped on Cody Bradford (5-3) early in the series finale.

Arizona (81-64) is a half-game behind San Diego (82-64) for the top NL wild card, and the Braves and Mets (both 79-66) are two games back of the Diamondbacks and tied for the last playoff position.

Arizona — which scored at least 10 runs for a majors-best 18th time — pulled within a half-game of San Diego for the National League’s first wild card and increased its lead over New York and Atlanta to 1 1/2 games.

Diamondbacks manager Torey Lovullo said pregame he hoped his players would grind some at-bats and get Blake Snell out of the game early. He got his wish, but Arizona could not capitalize against relievers.

Eugenio Suárez and Pavin Smith hit solo home runs to help the Diamondbacks (79-61) move within five games of the NL West-leading Los Angeles Dodgers. Arizona holds the second NL wild-card spot.