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.

September 26, 2015 -- Mets Win The Division

The Mets beat the Reds 10-2 (thanks to a grand slam from Lucas Duda and a 3-run homer from David Wright) to clinch the NL East title and make the playoffs for the first time since 2006.

September 25, 2015

The Mets beat the Reds 12-5 (thanks to 3 3-run homers, 2 by Lucas Duda) and the Nationals lost to the Phillies, 8-2. The magic number falls to 1 with 8 games remaining, The next Mets win or Nationals loss makes the Mets 2015 NL East Champions.

September 24, 2015

The Mets beat the Reds 6-4 and the Nationals lose to the Orioles 5-4. The magic number is now 3 with 9 games left to play.

September 23, 2015

The Mets lose to the Braves 6-3 (thanks to another bullpen meltdown) but the Nationals lose 4-3 to the Orioles (thanks to a 2-run homer by Manny Machado) so the magic number falls to 5 with 10 to play.

September 22, 2015

The Mets lost to the Braves 6-2 but the Nationals lost to the Orioles 4-1. The magic number falls to 6 with 11 games to play.

September 21, 2015

The Mets beat the Braves 4-0 and the Nationals got rained out against the Orioles, in a game that will be played on Thursday. The magic number is down to 7 with 12 games left.

September 20, 2015

The Mets lose to the Yankees 11-2 (thanks to an implosion by Hansel Robles) and the Nationals beat the Marlins 13-3. The magic number stays at 8 with 13 to go, the last 3 of which will be against the Nationals.

September 19, 2015

The Mets lose to the Yankees 5-0 and the Nationals beat the Marlins 5-2 so the magic number remains 8 with 14 to play.

September 18, 2015

The Mets beat the Yankees 5-1, but the Nationals beat the Marlins 5-4 in 10 innings. The magic number falls to 8 with 15 to play.

September 17, 2015

The Mets had the day off but the Nationals lost to the Marlins 6-4 lowering the magic number to 9.

September 16, 2015

The Mets lost to the Marlins, 6-0 and the Nationals beat the Phillies 12-2 keeping the magic number at 10 with 16 games to play.

September 15, 2015

The Mets lose 9-3 to the Marlins and the Nationals beat the Phillies 4-0 so the magic number stays at 10 with 17 games to play.

September 14, 2015

The Mets beat the Marlins 4-3 (Yoenis Cespedes homered again) for their 8th straight win. But the Nationals beat the Phillies 8-7 in 11 innings so the magic number falls to 10 with 18 games to play.

September 13, 2015

The Mets beat the Braves 10-7 thanks to a game-tying 3-run homer in the 9th inning by Daniel Murphy. The Nationals beat the Marlins 5-0 so the magic number falls by 1 to 11 with 19 to play.