John From Albany: 10 Years Ago - Niese, Murph and Conforto Beat Braves, 9/2/2015

 

Jon Niese, 2016 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.  Click here for More Mets History and Calendar Classics.

Year: 2015; Game #150; Monday;  Sep 21, NYM 4  Vs. ATL; 0; boxscore;   WP: Niese; LP: Miller; Time: 02:51; NIGHT; Attendance: 26,362; Record: 85-65; Standings: 1; Games up/behind: up 6.5; W; 

Curtis Granderson RF: 1 for 3; 2 runs; 2 walks; 2 Ks; Daniel Murphy 3B: 2 for 4; 2B; 2 RBIs; Yoenis Céspedes CF-LF: 3 for 4; 2·2B; Lucas Duda 1B: 0 for 2; 2·IW; 2 walks; Travis d'Arnaud C: 0 for 4; GDP; 2 Ks; Kelly Johnson 2B: 1 for 4; 1 K; Michael Conforto LF: 1 for 4; HR; 1 run; 1 RBI; 1 K; Juan Lagares CF: 0 for 0; Wilmer Flores SS: 1 for 3; CS,GDP; Rubén Tejada SS: 0 for 0; 1 walk; Jon Niese P: 0 for 1; 1 walk; Michael Cuddyer PH: 1 for 1; Kirk Nieuwenhuis PH: 0 for 1; 1 K; Jon Niese, W (9-10): 6 innings; no runs; 3 hits; 2 walks; 2 Ks; Addison Reed, H (13): 1 inning; no runs; Tyler Clippard: 1 inning; no runs; 1 hit; 2 Ks; Jeurys Familia: 1 inning; no runs; 1 hit; 1 K; 

NY Post: Mets drama takes back seat in much-needed respite vs. Braves. "Jon Niese handled the Braves over six innings and Daniel Murphy atoned for an earlier base-running gaffe with a big seventh-inning double that led the Mets’ 4-0 victory at Citi Field...Murphy’s two-run double in the seventh gave the Mets a cushion with a 4-0 lead. In the first, he had run the Mets out of an inning by freezing between second and third base on a grounder and then getting tagged out to complete a double play."

ESPN.com: "Niese won for the first time in a month, Michael Conforto homered and the Mets inched closer to an NL East title...New York stretched its lead to 6 1/2 games over the second-place Nationals with 12 to play and lowered its magic number for clinching the division to seven. Washington's interleague home game against Baltimore was postponed because of rain and rescheduled for Thursday."

NL East Standings 9/21/2025

Tm	W	L	W-L%	GB	RS	RA	pythW-L%
NYM	85	65	.567	--	632	570	.547
WSN	78	71	.523	6.5	672	594	.556
MIA	64	86	.427	21.0	558	622	.450
ATL	60	91	.397	25.5	527	724	.359
PHI	56	94	.373	29.0	567	771	.363

Provided by Baseball-Reference.com: View Original Table
Generated 9/21/2015.