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Can Mets survive the dreadful five?

Published Jun. 30, 2017 6:28 p.m. ET

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How do the New York Mets make up for these five bad games?

With the playoffs just a few weeks away, the Mets, despite all adversity with injuries and hitting droughts, are still able to wave the magic wand.

Key rookies and mid season pick-ups proved to be the bridge from an implosive season to now wild card contenders.

In between, there have been several games the Mets should have had locked down. It was a difference of letting a one-run game get by. It could find the Mets stewing at home as October rolls on by.

April 4 vs Phillies, lost 1-0: Bartolo Colon’s first outing of the season and first loss. A home run by  Ryan Howard was all it took to overthrow the Mets in this early season blunder.

June 5 vs Marlins, lost 1-0: Before Matt Harvey was shut down for the season, he took the one-run loss. The Mets were getting a great start out of Harvey and it slip past them. The ground ball single by Miami’s J.T. Realmuto and no offense cost them dearly.

July 28 vs Rockies, lost 2-1: Jacob deGrom pitched a masterful seven innings, leaving Colorado high and dry. But the one run New York put on the board wasn’t enough as Jeurys Familia, in a rare moment, blew the save in the ninth. The icing on the cake came on a wild pitch by Familia, allowing David Dahl to score with a walk-off victory.

August 1 vs. Yankees, lost 6-5: Though the Mets held their own against the cross-town rivals they could not seal the deal in 10 innings. Matt Reynolds hit a big three-run homer in the bottom of the sixth to put the Mets up 5-3. The Yankees tied it up at 5 all sending it into extra innings. Then, relief pitcher Seth Lugo came in and lost on a sac fly.

August 10 vs. Diamondbacks, lost 3-2: Bartolo Colon allowed only one run in the third inning but it was Addison Reed in the seventh who allowed the tying run.  It went to the 12th inning with another no show of offense before Jerry Blevins allowed a home run to Oscar Hernandez to give Arizona the victory.

Could these five games really have made a difference in the Mets’ season? Maybe.

Realistically,  in a 162 game schedule any missteps could be pointed to. The Mets are doing their best to make up for these factors by winning the last 15 of 19. Now holding–for the moment–the second wild card, they should keep looking forward to playing beyond September.

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How do the New York Mets make up for these five bad games?

With the playoffs just a few weeks away, the Mets, despite all adversity with injuries and hitting droughts, are still able to wave the magic wand.

Key rookies and mid season pick-ups proved to be the bridge from an implosive season to now wild card contenders.

In between, there have been several games the Mets should have had locked down. It was a difference of letting a one-run game get by. It could find the Mets stewing at home as October rolls on by.

April 4 vs Phillies, lost 1-0: Bartolo Colon’s first outing of the season and first loss. A home run by  Ryan Howard was all it took to overthrow the Mets in this early season blunder.

June 5 vs Marlins, lost 1-0: Before Matt Harvey was shut down for the season, he took the one-run loss. The Mets were getting a great start out of Harvey and it slip past them. The ground ball single by Miami’s J.T. Realmuto and no offense cost them dearly.

July 28 vs Rockies, lost 2-1: Jacob deGrom pitched a masterful seven innings, leaving Colorado high and dry. But the one run New York put on the board wasn’t enough as Jeurys Familia, in a rare moment, blew the save in the ninth. The icing on the cake came on a wild pitch by Familia, allowing David Dahl to score with a walk-off victory.

August 1 vs. Yankees, lost 6-5: Though the Mets held their own against the cross-town rivals they could not seal the deal in 10 innings. Matt Reynolds hit a big three-run homer in the bottom of the sixth to put the Mets up 5-3. The Yankees tied it up at 5 all sending it into extra innings. Then, relief pitcher Seth Lugo came in and lost on a sac fly.

August 10 vs. Diamondbacks, lost 3-2: Bartolo Colon allowed only one run in the third inning but it was Addison Reed in the seventh who allowed the tying run.  It went to the 12th inning with another no show of offense before Jerry Blevins allowed a home run to Oscar Hernandez to give Arizona the victory.

Could these five games really have made a difference in the Mets’ season? Maybe.

Realistically,  in a 162 game schedule any missteps could be pointed to. The Mets are doing their best to make up for these factors by winning the last 15 of 19. Now holding–for the moment–the second wild card, they should keep looking forward to playing beyond September.

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