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Hurricane may damage MLB playoffs

Adrian Beltre, Carlos Correa or Andrew McCutchen certainly might deliver a big hit this weekend to improve their team’s playoff position.

But the most powerful wallop to impact the postseason could come from Hurricane Joaquin.

Major League Baseball is already reviewing the possibilities with the storm threatening to bring a soaking rain to the East Coast.

The Mets and Dodgers are set to play in the best-of-five NL Division Series beginning next Friday. The team with the best record gets the edge — with three games left, they’re tied at 89-70, and the Mets win the tiebreaker if they finish even.

The Mets are ready to host Washington, and lots of rain is in the forecast at Citi Field. OK, suppose the Mets and Nats can’t play all three games by Sunday. And suppose the Mets need to win that last game to edge out the Dodgers. What then?

MLB rules don’t fully cover this contingency. No provision on whether the Nats would have to spend an extra day in New York for a makeup — or two — on Monday. Probably not something they would enjoy.

At that point, home field between the Mets and Dodgers could be decided by best winning percentage.

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