While the Phillies are wrapping up 2017 excited for better days to come, the Mets are finishing this season embittered by what might have been. After two straight playoff appearances including a National League pennant in 2015, the team cratered this year, sunk by a combination of injuries and the evidently inevitable Mets Drama.
But all year long, the Phillies have been there to cushion the fall. The teams have virtually identical records against everyone else; the Phils had lost 11 of 17 against the Mets going into Saturday’s game.
It took 11 innings and more than four hours, but that worsened to 12 of 18 with a 7-4 loss.