The suspended Marlins-Mets game on Sept. 28 that was stopped with Miami leading, 2-1, in the top of the ninth inning at Citi Field, was declared a 1-0 Mets victory on Wednesday.

The game had been scheduled to resume on Monday, but because the result no longer had any postseason implications, there was no need to finish it. Even if the Mets had come back in the bottom of the ninth and defeated the Marlins, Miami would have finished the season with the same record as Arizona, and the Marlins held the tiebreaker over the No. 6 seed D-backs.

Since the game was not resumed, Rule 7.02(b)(4)(A) applies, giving the Mets the win after eight innings.

The rule is:

4)  Any suspended game that has progressed far enough to become a regulation game, but which has not been completed prior to the last scheduled game between the two teams during the championship season shall become a called game, as follows:

(A)  If one team is ahead, the team that is ahead shall be declared the winner (unless the game is called while an inning is in progress and before the inning is completed, and the visiting team has scored one or more runs to take the lead, and the home team has not retaken the lead, in which case the score upon the completion of the last full inning shall stand. ...

The win did not affect the Mets' position in the Draft lottery.

"I'm happy that Major League Baseball did not make us go back there," Marlins manager Skip Schumaker said before Game 2 of their NL Wild Card Series against the Phillies on Wednesday. "That would have really put us in a difficult position heading into Philly here before postseason. So I thought Major League Baseball made the right move."

The Marlins secured the No. 5 seed in the postseason and faced the Phillies in a best-of-three series at Citizens Bank Park.

The Mets, who lost, 9-1, to the Phillies on Sunday, finished the year in fourth place in the NL East. They will be on the hunt for a new manager as Buck Showalter will not return to the club in 2024.