Can it be that Bruce and Duda can actually be contributors in the postseason? Mets magic number down to 4.
BRUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUCE! Man oh man. Hope him and Cespedes can go on a little run for us here and carry our lack of pitching into the playoffs. Lugo has actually pitched pretty well for us.
Maybe Bruce can be this year's Murphy. Magic number at 3, hopefully Cincinnati can make it 2 tonight.
Iglesias gives up a leadoff triple in the bottom of the ninth against the Cards and gets out of it. Mets up on St. Louis by 2.5 games, with a magic number of 2 for the postseason. Hopefully get that on Friday and clinch the home game for the wild card over the weekend (magic number is 4 for that). Best-case scenario they could even clinch both on Friday (if they win, Cards lose 1 of the next two tomorrow or Friday, and Giants lose all 3 tonight, tomorrow, and Friday).
Rockies do their bit for the Mets, beating the Giants 2-0. Magic number down to 3 for home game for the wild card.
I don't think Giants will lose all 3. That would be great because then we can set up for a Thor WC play-in game. If it comes down to Sunday we should rest Thor regardless, home or away. Getting the home game isn't worth burning him and then going with Colon in that game
Strange ending in St. Louis. Reds tie it in the top of the 9th, Cards apparently win it in the bottom of the 9th, except Reds think the game-winning double was actually a ground rule double, which means the winning run wouldn't score from first. It seems to be official now, but maybe they'll protest? Anyway, it appears that Cards are 2 games behind the Mets, magic number is still 2.
Giants win also, 1 game behind the Mets and 1 game ahead of the Cards. Mets-Phils, Giants-Dodgers, Cards-Pirates this weekend. Obviously the Mets have the easiest opponent, but they're also on the road while the Giants and Cards are at home.
So far you are right. Those Bruce chants just now as he got that tying hit to make it 1-1 were deafening
Ah, that's right, since it eliminates St. Louis from tying the Mets, and the Mets have the tie-breaker over San Francisco. A little coincidence here: the low point of the Mets season was actually in San Francisco on August 18-19, when they lost the first two games of a four-game season and dropped to 60-62. Since then they are 26-12, and it started with wins over the Giants for Colon and Syndegaard. Who would have guessed then that those two wins would not only put the team back on the road to the playoffs, but also give them home field in a wild card playoff game?
His first game for the Mets was July 5; their record since then is 41-37. Of course, he wasn't all that great in his first three weeks with the team (.239/.278/.493; he showed some pop, but wasn't getting on base much), and the team was 7-9 in games in which he played. Then he went on the DL, and since he came back he's been much better at getting on base, although with less pop (.277/.342/.429), and the team is 27-16 in games in which he played.
If you really want to talk about an infielder coming back from the DL and making a difference, it's Cabrera - he came back right at the low point (August 19), and has an OPS over 1.000 since then. I think he's the MVP of the team this year. The team is 78-61 in games in which he played (75-58 in starts), 8-13 in games in which he didn't play. That's comparable to Cespedes (71-54 in starts), and Cabrera has also been absolutely great in the clubhouse.
