John From Albany: 10 Years Ago - Mets Sweep Nats - Go 7 Up in 1st, 9/10/2015

 

NY Post Back Page - 9/10/2015

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 #139; Wednesday;  Sep 9, NYM 5 @ WSN; 3; boxscore;   WP: deGrom; LP: Strasburg;  Save: Familia; Time: 02:37; NIGHT; Attendance: 27,530; Record: 78-61; Standings: 1; Games up/behind: up 7.0; W;  

Curtis Granderson RF: 1 for 3; 1 run; 1 walk; 1 K; Yoenis Céspedes CF-LF: 2 for 4; HR; 1 run; 2 RBIs; 2 Ks; Daniel Murphy 2B: 0 for 4; Eric Campbell 1B: 0 for 0; David Wright 3B: 0 for 4; 2 Ks; Lucas Duda 1B: 1 for 4; 2B; 2 Ks; Eric Young Jr. PR: 0 for 0; 1 run; Juan Lagares CF: 0 for 0; Travis d'Arnaud C: 2 for 4; HR; 1 run; 1 RBI; 1 K; Michael Conforto LF: 1 for 4; 1 RBI; 2 Ks; Jeurys Familia P: 0 for 0; Wilmer Flores SS: 0 for 2; Kelly Johnson PH-2B: 1 for 2; HR,GDP; 1 run; 1 RBI; Jacob deGrom P: 0 for 2; 2 Ks; Kirk Nieuwenhuis PH: 0 for 1; 1 K; Rubén Tejada SS: 0 for 0; Jacob deGrom, W (13-7): 7 innings; 2 runs; 2 ERs; 5 hits; 1 HR; 2 walks; 9 Ks; Tyler Clippard, H (7): 1 inning; 1 run; 1 ER; 2 hits; 1 HR; Jeurys Familia, S (39): 1 inning; no runs; 2 Ks; 

Mets cap off a 3-game sweep of the Nationals with another come from behind victory.  With the Nats up 2-1 in the 8th, pinch hitter Kelly Johnson leads off the inning with a game tying homer run off Steven Strasburg.  Yoenis Cespedes with a 2-run homer later in the inning off Drew Storen to give the Mets the lead for good.  

NY Post: "The Mets came to Nationals Park hopeful of a series victory that would increase their NL East lead, but got the bonus: a three-game sweep that left Nationals fans to play a chorus of “Taps” on the bugle. Cespedes’ two-run homer in the eighth inning culminated a third straight come from-behind-victory for the Mets, 5-3, and buried the Nationals in a seven-game NL East hole."

NL East Standings 9/9/2015

Tm	W	L	W-L%	GB	RS	RA	pythW-L%
NYM	78	61	.561	--	586	521	.554
WSN	71	68	.511	7.0	615	566	.538
MIA	59	81	.421	19.5	521	582	.450
ATL	56	84	.400	22.5	503	673	.370
PHI	54	86	.386	24.5	537	720	.369

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