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The 1988 New York Mets season was the 27th regular season for the Mets. They went 100–60 and finished first in the National League East. They were managed by Davey Johnson. They played home games at Shea Stadium.
The Mets cruised to the best record in the National League in 1988, with a 100–60 record (.625), easily winning the NL East crown by a full 15 games over the Pittsburgh Pirates. The Mets were heavy favorites when the series began; they had beaten the Dodgers ten of 11 times in the regular season, outscoring them, 49–18.
The New York Mets are an American professional baseball team based in Flushing, Queens, New York City. They compete in the East Division of Major League Baseball 's (MLB) National League (NL). The team's current home stadium is Citi Field , after playing two years at the Polo Grounds and 45 years at Shea Stadium . [ 1 ]
Brandon Nimmo followed by poking an RBI single the opposite way to put the Mets up 2-1 and then Pete Alonso's sac fly to center field brought Vientos around to score and give New York a 3-1 advantage.
With Pete Alonso playing hero, the New York Mets pulled off an improbable ninth-inning comeback to defeat the Milwaukee Brewers 4-2 in Game 3 of the wild-card series, advancing to the National ...
On July 4, 1985, [2] [3] [4] the New York Mets beat the Atlanta Braves 16–13 in a 19-inning Major League Baseball (MLB) contest [5] that featured Keith Hernandez hitting for the cycle, [6] Mets manager Davey Johnson being ejected, and the Braves coming back to tie the game twice in extra innings, most notably in the bottom of the 18th.
Dodgers can secure their first trip to the World Series since 2020 with a win in New York on Friday. Follow for updates. Mets stay alive, crush Dodgers in Game 5 to send NLCS back to Los Angeles ...
This marked the first all-New York World Series since 1956, when the Yankees defeated the Brooklyn Dodgers. With the Cardinals sweeping the Braves in their NLDS series, it made the Mets' run to the World Series much easier, given that the Braves eliminated the Mets from the playoffs and/or playoff contention in 1998 and 1999. [45] [47]