John From Albany: 10 Years Ago - Mets late comeback in L.A. falls short, 7/4/2015

Alex Torres, 2016 Topps Heritage Card

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 #82; Saturday;  Jul 4, NYM 3 @ LAD 4; boxscore;  WP: Greinke; LP: Harvey;  Save: Howell; Time: 3:25; DAY; Attendance: 51,252; Record: 41-41; Standings: 2; Games up/behind: 4.5; L;

Curtis Granderson RF: 1 for 5; 1 K; Daniel Murphy 3B: 1 for 4; 1 run; Lucas Duda 1B: 1 for 4; 2B; 1 RBI; 1 K; Wilmer Flores 2B: 3 for 4; 1 RBI; Darrell Ceciliani LF: 0 for 3; SB; John Mayberry PH: 0 for 1; John Mayberry PH: 0 for 1; Rubén Tejada SS: 0 for 3; HBP; 1 run; 1 K; Kevin Plawecki C: 2 for 4; 2B; Matt Harvey P: 0 for 2; 1 K; Michael Cuddyer LF: 0 for 2; 1 K; Juan Lagares CF: 1 for 3; CS,SF; 1 run; 1 RBI; 1 K; Matt Harvey, L (7-6): 5 innings; 3 runs; 3 ERs; 7 hits; 1 HR; 5 walks; 4 Ks; Alex Torres: 1.1 innings; 1 run; 1 ER; 2 hits; 1 walk; Carlos Torres: 0.2 inning; no runs; 1 K; 

Dodgers built a 4-0 lead scoring 3 off Mat Harvey and another against Alex Torres.  Mets.  A Lucas Duda RBI double and a Wilmer Flores RBI single brought in the 8th made it 4-2 and in the 9th, a Juan Lagares made it 4-3 with two out and a runner on 1st but Curtis Granderson struck out to end it.

Nationals beat the Giants 9-3 to extend their lead to 4.5 games over the Mets. Mets now just a half game ahead of the 3rd place Braves.

NL East Standings - 7/4/2015

Tm	W	L	W-L%	GB	RS	RA	pythW-L%
WSN	45	36	.556	--	355	318	.550
NYM	41	41	.500	4.5	282	301	.470
ATL	40	41	.494	5.0	322	345	.468
MIA	35	47	.427	10.5	300	337	.447
PHI	27	56	.325	19.0	281	418	.326

Provided by Baseball-Reference.com: View Original Table
Generated 7/4/2015.