John From Albany: 10 Years Ago - Cubs Shut Out Mets, 6/30/2015

 

New York Post Back Page - 7/1/2015

2015, the last year the Mets made the World Series.  This daily post will detail the game by game journey to the Fall Classic.  Click here for More Mets History and Calendar Classics.

Year: 2015; Game #78; Tuesday;  Jun 30, NYM 0  Vs. CHC; 1; boxscore;  WP: Hendricks; LP: Niese;  Save: Motte; Time: 02:22; NIGHT; Attendance: 27,084; Record: 40-38; Standings: 2; Games up/behind: 3.5; L;

Curtis Granderson RF: 0 for 4; 2 Ks; Rubén Tejada SS: 0 for 4; 3 Ks; Lucas Duda 1B: 1 for 3; 1 walk; Daniel Murphy 3B: 1 for 4; 2B; Michael Cuddyer LF: 0 for 2; 1 K; Darrell Ceciliani LF: 0 for 1; 1 K; Wilmer Flores 2B: 0 for 3; Kevin Plawecki C: 1 for 3; 1 K; Jon Niese P: 0 for 2; 1 K; Johnny Monell PH: 0 for 1; Juan Lagares CF: 0 for 3; Jon Niese, L (3-8): 7 innings; 1 run; 1 ER; 4 hits; 4 walks; 5 Ks; Bobby Parnell: 1 inning; no runs; 1 walk; 1 K; Sean Gilmartin: 1 inning; no runs; 2 Ks; 

NY Post: Anemic Mets waste Jon Niese gem, get blanked by Cubs. “The Mets received all they could have wanted from Jon Niese (3-8), who surrendered one run on four hits and four walks over seven innings in a fifth straight solid performance…Hendricks (3-4) became the latest mediocre pitcher transformed into Cy Young by the Mets. The right-hander allowed three hits over six shutout innings with six strikeouts and one walk. The Mets then went hitless against the Cubs’ bullpen over three innings.”

Mets went 0 for 7 against the Cubs during the regular season before making up for it in the playoffs.

Nationals beat the Braves 6-1 to extend their lead over the Mets to 3.5 games. 

NL East Standings 6/30/15

Tm	W	L	W-L%	GB	RS	RA	pythW-L%
WSN	43	34	.558	--	342	308	.548
NYM	40	38	.513	3.5	276	288	.481
ATL	36	41	.468	7.0	305	337	.454
MIA	32	46	.410	11.5	285	320	.447
PHI	27	52	.342	17.0	263	390	.327

Provided by Baseball-Reference.com: View Original Table
Generated 6/30/2015.