September 30, 2016

The Mets beat the Phillies 5-1 but the Cardinals and Giants both won. The worst the Mets can do is have a play-in game against the Cardinals. One more win or Cardinals loss, eliminates St. Louis. So the official magic number is 1.

September 29, 2016

The Mets were off and the Cardinals and Giants both won so the magic number remains 2.

September 28, 2016

The Mets beat the Marlins 5-2, while the Cardinals and Giants both lost. The Mets magic number is now 2 with 3 games remaining.

September 27, 2016

The Mets beat the Marlins 12-1, but the Giants and Cardinals also won (all three teams scored 12 runs) so the magic number drops by 1, to 4, with 4 games to play.

September 26, 2016

The Mets lost to the Marlins, 7-3, and the Giants were off. But the Cardinals got killed by the Reds, 15-2, shrinking the Mets magic number to 5, with 5 games to play.

September 25, 2016

With the Mets 17-0 (two touchdowns and a field goal) victory over the Phillies, and the Giants loss to the Padres and the Cardinals loss to the Cubs, the Mets magic number to win the wild card is 6, with 6 games to go.