Mets Sweep Nationals to End Season

Team Reaches 97 wins, (almost .600) 200 Homers, 800 ribbies, 50 wins at home 47 on the road.lead MLB in scoring efficiency, 3rd best ERA in NL, fall 2 short of MLB team stolen base record,

The Mets finished the season with a flourish, winning four in a row including a sweep of the retiring Frank Robinson's Nationals, to end with a 97 and 65 record, identical to the Yankees finishing record. In fact both New York ball teams have the same home record, 50-31 and away record, 47-34. The Mets had been in the .600 club on and off all year, but ended up with a .599 win-loss percentage, one point below that goal. On Thursday, September 28th, the Mets beat the Atlanta Braves 7-4. On Friday September 29th, they beat the Nationals 4-3, allowing Wagner to earn his 40th save--his career high. On Saturday September 30th, they beat the Nationals 13-0.; On Sunday, October 1st, they beat the Nationals again 6-2. The Runs Margin Index for the four games was 30 and 9. That means they scored .770 % of all runs in those four games.

On Saturday, they started off with a bang in the top of the first; Reyes grounded out, Chavez homered, Beltran walked, Wright struck out, but then Green walked and then Franco hit a three run homer, his second on the year. In the third, Beltran singled then Wright popped out, but Green singled to center and then Franco doubled to right field scoring two more, making it 6-0.

In the Fourth, Chavez and Beltran walked, then Wright made an out, and then Green hit a three run homer to put the Mets ahead 9-0. Castro homered in the 7th to make it an even 10.
But the Mets were not finished yet. In the Eighth, Chavez singled then Beltran walked, setting the stage for Wright's 26th and final homer of the season, giving Wright 116 ribbies for the year, tying him with Guerrero and teammate Beltran for 13th in the major leagues in RBIs, and 7th in the NL. What was yet more appropriate is that Wright's three run blast was the 200th and final home run for the Mets this year, the fifth of the afternoon.

It was the 290th career regular-season win for Tom Glavine, although one could argue, pointlessly perhaps that Glavine's 13 post-season victories puts him over the top on the quest for 300 wins. Glavine gave up only three hits and got 3 strikeouts, while allowing no walks. He is 15-7 on the year.

The final score was 13-0, a belated celebration of their pennant clinching ways over the NL east.

On Sunday, they began in almost the same way off Ramon Ortiz, batting around to score 6 runs in the second inning, and leaving the bases loaded, amassing 9 hits in the inning, tying a team record. There were two hits by David Wright, two by Shawn Green a two run triple by Anderson Hernandez and a double by Cliff Floyd. That was their final scoring flourish for the year, ending up with a 6-2 win.