Sunday the Mets downed the Phillies, 6-5. The victory gave them a 2-1 series win and wrapped up the last time the two teams would meet in 2014. The Mets finished the year with a 13-6 record against their division rival. Here’s some other factoids in the Mets-Phillies rivalry.
If the two teams did not play each other, the Phillies would be 56-61 and the Mets would be in last place with a 51-67 mark.
The Mets outscored the Phillies, 94-66. If they didn’t play the Phillies their run differential would be (-41) and they still would be underperforming their record by one game.
The 13 wins against the Phillies was the most by the Mets against a team in a single season since 1991, when they recorded 14 wins against the Expos. There was no Interleague play back then and the NL had 12 teams.
Dating back to last year, New York has gone 20-8 in its last 28 games against Philadelphia.
This is the third consecutive year the Mets have won the season series against the Phillies.
New York went 8-2 in Philadelphia this year. Over the past three seasons, the Mets have a 21-7 record in Citizens Bank Park.
This is the fifth time in franchise history the Mets posted 13 wins against the Phillies, as they also accomplished the feat in 1987, 1972, 1971 and 1970.
The Mets are 430-481 lifetime against the Phillies.
Since their first winning season in 1969, New York is 389-396 against Philadelphia.
So,if it wasn’t for the damn Phillies TC would be gone already?
If the Mets didn’t play the Nats, they would be 62-64, and would have just been 1 game under .500 at the break and the Nats would be 67-56
The payback would be sweeter if we were doing something productive with those wins.