The New York Mets defeated the Philadelphia Phillies 5-3 today to win their fourth consecutive game and improve their record to 87-74. The Mets have now clinched the first wild card spot in the National League and will have home field advantage for the one game National League wild card playoff on Wednesday night! 2B T.J. Rivera hit an RBI single. 3B Jose Reyes hit an RBI double. 1B James Loney hit a 2 run homer. SS Asdrubal Cabrera hit an RBI double.
RHP Bartolo Colon allowed 2 runs on 5 hits in 5 innings. He allowed no walks and had 8 strikeouts. He picked up his 15th win. LHP Jerry Blevins came in next and recorded one out in the bottom of the sixth. RHP Hansel Robles followed and got the last two outs in the bottom of the sixth. RHP Fernando Salas allowed one run in the bottom of the seventh. RHP Addison Reed pitched a scoreless bottom of the eighth inning. RHP Jeurys Familia pitched a scoreless bottom of the ninth and picked up his 51st save.
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