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Chris Heisey hit a go-ahead, three-run homer just moments after making a diving catch and the Cincinnati Reds held off the New York Mets 6-5 on Monday night in the opener of their season-ending series.
Jose Reyes begins the final series of 2011 with a chance to become the first Mets hitter to win the National League batting championship.
Mike Pelfrey (7-13) was battered from the outset. He was done after three innings, leaving him with only one win in his last 12 starts of the season.
After winning the opening game of the doubleheader 2-1 with an outstanding performance from R.A. Dickey, the Mets won the second game of the doubleheader 6-3
Reyes can become a free agent after the season, so he might be playing his final few games with the Mets on the team's current homestand, but Darryl Strawberry suggests Reyes should stay in New York.
R.A. Dickey took a no-hit bid into the seventh inning, David Wright hit a tiebreaking double in the eighth and the New York Mets beat the slumping Philadelphia Phillies 2-1.
After looking like nowhere men, sitting in nowhere land, going absolutely nowhere, the Mets rose above themselves and the Cardinals to win a game in incredible come-from-behind fashion.
Willie Harris walked to start a six-run ninth-inning rally and his two-run single was the go-ahead hit as the Mets overcame a four-run deficit and hurt the St. Louis Cardinals' wild-card hopes with an 8-6 victory on Thursday.
Boston must be really desperate to hang on to their wild card lead. According to the Boston Herald, the Red Sox have "spent the better part of a week" trying to trade for Mets starter Chris Capuano.
David Freese drove in five runs with a triple and a three-run homer, and the surging St. Louis Cardinals beat the New York Mets 6-5 Wednesday night.
The walls may not come tumbling down at Citi Field next season, but they most likely will not be staying the same for 2012.
Mike Pelfrey found the thinnest of silver linings. His ground-rule double in the fifth inning tacked on a run to the Mets lead, before they gave it all back and then some in an 11-6 loss to the St. Louis Cardinals.
Pinch-hitter Ryan Theriot hit a a go-ahead double with the bases loaded in the seventh inning and the St. Louis Cardinals came back to beat the New York Mets 11-6 Tuesday night.
Tampa Bay may not have surpassed Boston in the standings, but in the power rankings they have done the job… for now.
This is only the 8th time in club history that the Mets will finish a season with more road wins than home wins and it will also be the biggest margin of road victories over home victories ever for the Mets.
