Mets vs. Braves Game 1 odds swing was a roller coaster

The Major League Baseball playoffs got off to an early start Monday, as the New York Mets and Atlanta Braves squared off in the first game of a doubleheader Monday that was technically a part of the regular season.

However, with the postseason hopes of both teams hinging on a win, it had the feel of playoff baseball and came with all the dramatics too.

Here’s a recap:

After seven innings, the Braves held a 3-0 lead and appeared on their way to getting that preferred Game 1 win to clinch a playoff berth. The Mets struck with six runs in the eighth to take a 6-3 lead. Atlanta immediately responded with four runs of their own for a 7-6 lead. But just as the familiar feeling of Mets misery was setting in, Francisco Lindor hit a two-run homer in the ninth to put New York up for good.

The movement of live betting odds during that two-inning period was bananas.

BRAVES LIVE ODDS ROLLERCOASTER 🎢

+550 to win down 6-3
-2500 to win up 7-6
+425 down 8-7

— Covers (@Covers) September 30, 2024

Atlanta’s moneyline went from +550 to -2500 to +425 between the bottom of the eighth and the bottom of the ninth, according to Covers.

Before giving up their lead, the Braves were -1950 at the start of the eighth at DraftKings. Before the inning was over, they were +1100.

Braves ML odds vs. Mets today @DKSportsbook:

-1950: Start of the 8th

+1100: Middle of the 8th

(via @julianedlow)pic.twitter.com/v7eCBGVI2t

— Action Network (@ActionNetworkHQ) September 30, 2024

The Mets saw their odds to win rise to +830 at FanDuel after relinquishing the lead in the bottom of the eighth.

A Lindor home run later, they were back down to -600.

.@Mets take 8-7 lead.

New York now -600 to win. pic.twitter.com/CfIXbA2VWt

— John Ewing (@johnewing) September 30, 2024

Here’s what the win probability chart looked like at the end.

An insane Win Probability graph for Mets-Braves pic.twitter.com/28wtX4TbWQ

— Jeff Eisenband (@JeffEisenband) September 30, 2024