John From Albany: 10 Years Ago - Mets Win 5th Straight, 8/25/2015

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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 #125; Tuesday;  Aug 25, NYM 6 @ PHI; 5; boxscore;  WP: Syndergaard; LP: Williams;  Save: Familia; Time: 03:31; NIGHT; Attendance: 23,544; Record: 69-56; Standings: 1; Games up/behind: up 5.5; W; 

Curtis Granderson RF: 0 for 3; 1 run; 2 walks; 1 K; Yoenis Céspedes CF: 1 for 5; HR; 1 run; 2 RBIs; 2 Ks; Daniel Murphy 1B: 0 for 4; 1 run; 1 walk; David Wright 3B: 0 for 4; 1 walk; 2 Ks; Kelly Johnson 2B: 2 for 4; 1 run; 2 Ks; Wilmer Flores SS: 0 for 4; GDP; 1 K; Michael Conforto LF: 0 for 3; 1 run; 1 walk; Travis d'Arnaud C: 2 for 3; 2B; 1 run; 1 RBI; 1 walk; Noah Syndergaard P: 1 for 2; 2B; 1 RBI; 1 K; Michael Cuddyer PH: 1 for 1; 2 RBIs; Juan Uribe PH: 0 for 1; 1 K; Noah Syndergaard, W (8-6): 5 innings; 4 runs; 2 ERs; 4 hits; 2 HRs; 2 walks; 9 Ks; Eric O'Flaherty, H (4): 0.1 inning; 1 run; 1 ER; 2 hits; 1 K; Hansel Robles, H (7): 1.2 innings; no runs; 3 Ks; Tyler Clippard, H (5): 0.2 inning; no runs; 1 hit; 1 walk; 1 K; Jeurys Familia, S (34): 1.1 innings; no runs; 2 Ks; 

ESPN.com: Mets top Phillies for fifth straight win. "Noah Syndergaard finally got a win on the road on an evening when things got testy in Philadelphia...Syndergaard (8-6) entered 0-5 with a 5.05 ERA in nine starts away from Citi Field while 7-1 with a 1.82 at home. He did just enough to earn his first road victory of the season...Yoenis Cespedes homered for the Mets, who have won 17 of their last 23 to remain 5 1/2 games up on the Nationals in the NL East."

NY Post: "Syndergaard, in another mediocre road start, lasted only five innings and allowed four runs, two of which were unearned, on four hits and two walks with nine strikeouts. The right-hander entered with a 5.05 ERA on the road. At home he has pitched to a 1.82 ERA. Michael Cuddyer’s pinch-hit, two-run single in the sixth against Jeanmar Gomez gave the Mets a 6-4 lead. Gomez got ahead 0-2 in the count, but left a fastball over the plate that Cuddyer served to center for two runs."

NY Daily News: Mets beat Phillies, two teams have shouting match over quick-pitch controversy. "A spat over a percieved quick pitch from Mets reliever Hansel Robles turned into a anti-Murphy tirade from Bowa that upped the intensity of the Mets’ 6-5 win and perhaps the final two games of this series. After Bowa was done yelling about a pitch Robles delivered while Phillies batter Darin Ruf was still getting into the box, the one-time Met then went after Murphy, clearly upset over his bat flip following a homer in Monday night’s Mets rout. In a video of the scrum, Bowa apparently says, “hey you Murphy, that bulls— flipping the bat, you’re gonna get hit, too. You. F— you. F— you.”

Nationals beat the Padres 8 to 3 to stay five and a half games behind the 1st place Mets. 

NL East Standings 8/25/2015

Tm	W	L	W-L%	GB	RS	RA	pythW-L%
NYM	69	56	.552	--	502	455	.545
WSN	63	61	.508	5.5	526	500	.523
ATL	54	72	.429	15.5	461	567	.406
MIA	51	75	.405	18.5	469	524	.449
PHI	50	76	.397	19.5	477	632	.374

Provided by Baseball-Reference.com: View Original Table
Generated 8/25/2015.