John From Albany: 10 Years Ago - Murph's 3 Hits Brings Mets Closer to Clinch, 9/24/2015

Daniel Murphy, 2015 Topps Baseball 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.

Year: 2015; Game #153; Thursday;  Sep 24, NYM 6 @ CIN; 4; boxscore;   WP: Goeddel; LP: Parra;  Save: Familia; Time: 03:04; NIGHT; Attendance: 18,881; Record: 86-67; Standings: 1; Games up/behind: up 7.5; W;

Curtis Granderson RF: 1 for 5; 1 run; David Wright 3B: 1 for 5; 2B; 1 run; 1 RBI; 3 Ks; Daniel Murphy 2B: 3 for 5; 3B; 2 runs; 1 RBI; 1 K; Yoenis Céspedes CF-LF: 2 for 4; SF; 1 run; 2 RBIs; 1 K; Lucas Duda 1B: 2 for 3; 2·2B; 2 RBIs; 1 walk; Travis d'Arnaud C: 0 for 4; 2 Ks; Michael Conforto LF: 1 for 4; 1 K; Rubén Tejada SS: 1 for 4; 1 K; Steven Matz P: 1 for 2; 1 run; Michael Cuddyer PH: 0 for 1; Kelly Johnson PH: 0 for 1; 1 K; Juan Lagares CF: 0 for 0; Steven Matz: 5.2 innings; 3 runs; 3 ERs; 10 hits; 8 Ks; Erik Goeddel, W (1-1): 0.1 inning; no runs; 1 K; Addison Reed, H (14): 1 inning; no runs; 1 walk; Hansel Robles, H (11): 1 inning; 1 run; 1 ER; 1 hit; 1 HR; Jeurys Familia, S (42): 1 inning; no runs; 1 K; 

Mike Puma NY Post: Mets inch closer to NL East title after staving off Reds. "Hours after the Nationals had lost on Thursday, the Mets handled business against the Reds, leaving the scent of a division title in the air. '‘Fun’ is the easiest way to describe it,' Daniel Murphy said after the Mets beat the Reds 6-4 and watched their magic number to clinch the division shrink to three."

ESPN.com: Mets rally to beat Reds 6-4, close in on NL East title. "Daniel Murphy had three hits, including a tiebreaking triple in the seventh inning, and the Mets beat the Cincinnati Reds 6-4 on Thursday night...Matz tried to extend his record-setting start with the Mets, but couldn't hold a 3-1 lead. He'd allowed two or fewer runs in each of his first five starts -- a club record -- but gave up a pair of RBI singles by Brandon Phillips and left with the game tied 3-all in the sixth. Murphy's two-out triple off left-hander Manny Parra (1-2) started a three-run rally in the seventh. Yoenis Cespedes singled for another run, and Lucas Duda followed with his second RBI double of the game."

NL East Standings 9/24/2015

Tm	W	L	W-L%	GB	RS	RA	pythW-L%
NYM	86	67	.562	--	643	586	.542
WSN	78	74	.513	7.5	680	607	.552
MIA	66	87	.431	20.0	565	631	.450
ATL	62	91	.405	24.0	539	729	.365
PHI	57	96	.373	29.0	576	778	.366

Provided by Baseball-Reference.com: View Original Table
Generated 9/24/2015.