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.