John From Albany: 10 Years Ago - Mets Clinch NL East, 9/26/2015

NY Post Back Page 9/26/2015

2015, the last year the Mets made the World Series.  This daily post will detail the game by game journey to the Fall Classic.

Year: 2015; Game #155; Saturday;  Sep 26, NYM 10 @ CIN; 2; boxscore;   WP: Harvey; LP: Lamb; Time: 02:57; DAY; Attendance: 32,293; Record: 88-67; Standings: 1; Games up/behind: up 8.5; W; 

Curtis Granderson RF: 2 for 4; HR; 2 runs; 1 RBI; 1 walk; 2 Ks; David Wright 3B: 1 for 3; HR; 2 runs; 3 RBIs; 2 walks; 1 K; Yoenis Céspedes CF-LF: 1 for 5; GDP; 1 K; Daniel Murphy 2B: 2 for 4; 2B; 2 runs; 1 walk; Travis d'Arnaud C: 1 for 4; 1 run; 1 walk; Lucas Duda 1B: 1 for 3; HR,GDP; 2 runs; 4 RBIs; 2 walks; Michael Cuddyer LF: 1 for 4; 2B; 2 RBIs; 1 K; Juan Lagares CF: 0 for 0; Wilmer Flores SS: 0 for 4; 1 K; Rubén Tejada SS: 0 for 0; Matt Harvey P: 0 for 3; 2 Ks; Kelly Johnson PH: 1 for 1; 1 run; Matt Harvey, W (13-7): 6.2 innings; 2 runs; 2 ERs; 9 hits; 6 Ks; Addison Reed: 0.1 inning; no runs; 1 hit; Tyler Clippard: 1 inning; no runs; 1 hit; 1 walk; 1 K; Jeurys Familia: 1 inning; no runs; 2 hits; 1 K; 

NY Post: The wait is over: The Mets are the NL East champions. "The idea of a first-place finish, which seemed like such a pipe dream for the Mets when the season began, became a reality at 7:08 p.m. on Saturday when Jeurys Familia struck out Jay Bruce to start the on-field celebration...The Mets beat the Reds 10-2 at Great American Ball Park to win the NL East title and end a nine-year playoff drought. Only fittingly, David Wright — the only holdover from the 2006 playoff team — sealed it with a three-run homer in the ninth."

NY Post: Mets secure 1st postseason berth since 2006 behind Lucas Duda's grand slam. "Duda sparked a warm-up celebration with his first career slam in the first inning off left-hander John Lamb (1-4). Duda had a pair of three-run homers on Friday night. The slam gave him three homers in five at-bats with 10 RBIs. Curtis Granderson added a solo shot, and Wright put it away in the ninth with his fourth homer since returning from the back injury."

Mike Vaccaro NY Post: Is this real? Mets’ stunning fairy tale nearly unbelievable. "Let’s face it: In real life, the season probably ends on the soggy afternoon of July 30, when they lost a soul-crushing game to the Padres, when they fell three games behind the Nats, when they fell to 52-50 and had one foot on the edge of the season and the other dangling into the abyss...Cespedes showed up the next day, he started spraying line drives all across the National League, and the Mets started to play with the fury and the fervor of a team unwilling to let the season scamper away from them. They swept the Nats. The would go 36-17 from that day to this one, would pick up 11 ½ games on DC."

Anthony DiComo MLB.com: "It's a long time coming," Wright said. He paused as teammate Bartolo Colon grabbed the back of his T-shirt, poured a few ounces of beer down his back, and snapped the shirt back into place. "We deserve this. The fans deserve it. The city of New York deserves it. I'm glad we could deliver for them."

NL East Standings 9/26/2015

Tm	W	L	W-L%	GB	RS	RA	pythW-L%
NYM	88	67	.568	--	665	593	.552
WSN	79	75	.513	8.5	684	616	.548
MIA	68	87	.439	20.0	583	644	.455
ATL	62	93	.400	26.0	552	747	.365
PHI	58	97	.374	30.0	585	782	.370

Provided by Baseball-Reference.com: View Original Table
Generated 9/26/2015.