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September 25th, 2015: In the Nation's Capital, the cast of Bryce Harper, Jason Werth & the rest of the Washington Nationals continued to help the Mets playoff run as they lost their fourth straight game. The Nat's were just one game from being eliminated in the 2015 season & were now fighting to stay above .500 as they looked up at the Mets 8.5 game lead in first place. Tonight, in Cincinnati, Terry Collins first place Mets (86-67) took on Bryan Price's fifth place Reds (63-90). Noah Syndergaard rolled along showing top form as he shut out the Reds for seven innings, allowing just three hits while striking out eleven along the way.  Noah Trivia: It was the fourth time he had posted double digit strike outs on the season, with three games of 11 or more Ks. In the top of the 2nd, Michael Conforto hit a one out double. Two batters later, Noah Syndergaard singled into centerfield driving in the Mets first run. It was Noah's fourth RBI of the year. In the top of ...

Wednesday September 24th, 1969: At 9:06 PM on this historic night, the Amazing Mets clinched their first NL Eastern divisional title.    In the franchise's eighth year of play, the Mets had finished last & lost 100 games five times. They had been the lovable losers of National League baseball in New York City after the Giants & Dodgers went west, the laughingstock team no one took seriously. But now the Mets were champions of the newly aligned National League East in the first year of divisional play.   The Mets & their fans were revved up for tonight's game, as Shea Stadium was jumping with 54,928 fans anticipating the Amazing's clinching victory. Tonight, Gil Hodges' Mets (95-61) hosted last year's NL Champions, Red Schoendienst's fourth place St. Louis Cardinals (82-74). The Mets young 23-year-old  rookie, Gary Gentry (11-12) went to the mound, going up against future Hall of Famer, Steve Carlton (12-11). Two wee...

Sunday September 25th 2016:   Terry Collins Mets (82-73) had a rough week losing four of six as they were fighting for a wild card spot with the Giants & Cardinals. Today they hosted Pete Mackanin's fourth place Phillies (70-85) in a matinee at Citi Field in front of 35,093 hungry Mets fans. With a tired bullpen to go along with a battered rotation the Mets sent Young Rober Gsellman (2-2) to the mound to face Jake Thompson (3-5) The Mets got what they needed from the young Robert Gsellman, as he pitched seven shutout innings where he allowed just three hits & struck out his season high eight batters. He also retired 16 of the final 18 batters he faced. He even got his first MLB hit when he bunted safely in the 3rd inning. Quotes- Terry Collins: We needed one of those. Our bullpen was shot. So, it was nice to be able to have comfortable innings at the end of the game." Largest Shut Out in Team History: The Mets provided Gsellman with plenty of offense, ...