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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 #131; Monday;  Aug 31, NYM 3  Vs. PHI; 1; boxscore;   WP: Colon; LP: Eickhoff;  Save: Familia; Time: 02:23; NIGHT; Attendance: 34,233; Record: 73-58; Standings: 1; Games up/behind: up 6.5; W;  

Curtis Granderson RF: 1 for 3; HR; 1 run; 2 RBIs; 1 walk; Yoenis Céspedes CF-LF: 0 for 4; 1 K; Daniel Murphy 1B: 0 for 3; David Wright 3B: 0 for 3; Kelly Johnson 2B: 0 for 3; Travis d'Arnaud C: 0 for 3; 1 K; Michael Conforto LF: 2 for 2; HR,CS; 1 run; 1 RBI; 1 walk; Wilmer Flores SS: 0 for 3; 1 K; Bartolo Colón P: 1 for 2; 1 run; 1 K; Juan Lagares PH-CF: 0 for 1; Bartolo Colón, W (12-11): 8 innings; no runs; 4 hits; 1 walk; 9 Ks; Jeurys Familia, S (36): 1 inning; 1 run; 1 ER; 2 hits; 1 walk; 1 K; 

NY Post: Bartolo Colon surges into playoff discussion with another gem. "The veteran right-hander extended his scoreless streak to a season-high 16 innings with a gem Monday that carried the Mets to a 3-1 victory over the Phillies at Citi Field...Colon (12-11) allowed four hits over eight shutout innings with nine strikeouts and one walk. He also singled in the fifth against Jerad Eikhoff for his seventh hit of the season, a career best."

ESPN.com: "Conforto hit a solo shot off fellow rookie Jerad Eickhoff (1-2) in the fifth, an opposite-field drive to left-center. Colon singled for his career-best seventh hit of the season, and Granderson homered to right."

Cardinals beat the Nationals 8-5 as the Mets stretched their 1st place lead to 6.5 games. 

NL East Standings 8/31/2015

Tm	W	L	W-L%	GB	RS	RA	pythW-L%
NYM	73	58	.557	--	533	478	.550
WSN	66	64	.508	6.5	555	525	.525
ATL	54	77	.412	19.0	475	615	.384
MIA	53	79	.402	20.5	485	548	.444
PHI	52	80	.394	21.5	502	666	.373

Provided by Baseball-Reference.com: View Original Table
Generated 8/31/2015.