Mets clinch first National League East division title since 2006

Matt Harvey (13-7) was most appropriate to pitch the clincher.

The Mets celebrated in the clubhouse with champagne, cigars, goggles and more, and every player looked happy as ever.

The players wore hats with “Postseason” written across the crown. They homered three times Saturday for the second straight game, highlighted by Lucas Duda’s first-inning grand slam, the first of his career.

Murphy’s two-out triple off left-hander Manny Parra (1-2) started a three-run rally in the seventh. He allowed five hits over six innings and struck out nine, while allowing just one run.

This title was rather unexpected.

The Mets is going to stun the nation and get hold of an NL Wild Card office. “They’ve got more talent than we could ever have”. Mets fans are no longer counting down the magic number.

During their last postseason appearance, they lost Game 7 to St. Louis for the NL pennant.

And the reason for the Mets’ lead was their fantastic hitting all game long. “They had a great year”. He ultimately limited the Reds to one run on five hits in a 96-pitch effort spanning six innings. He had season-ending Tommy John surgery in May.

New York scored a pair of unearned runs in the fifth when De Jesus Jr. dropped deGrom’s routine fly ball to left field. Instead of acquiring Gomez, they settled for Yoenis Cespedes. October started there. The infusion of hitters transformed the offense into one of the NL’s best.

It turned some heads, too.

“This is why you play the game, you know“, Collins said in the jubilent locker room following the game. “And I think it’s a protocol that works for us and that we will employ to this day”. They caught and surpassed the Nationals by sweeping them in three-game series from July 31-Aug.

Carlos Correa and Jose Altuve led the the Astros to a 9-7 win against the Rangers. Though his team was already up by two runs, Morales chose to pad the Royals’ lead.

“The location of his pitches is not what it needs to be”, Collins said.

Washington was done in by the 24-year-old Altherr, who was born in Germany, grew up in Arizona and entered this year with just five big league at-bats and was hitting.225 at game time. “We’re not like that”.

Dee Gordon went 1 for 4 for the Marlins to maintain a batting average of.332, which trails NL leader Bryce Harper’s.339 clip after the Nationals star went 3 for 5 earlier in the day.

New York Mets manager Terry Collins walks off the field after… X-rays were negative.

“If you’re going to have success or stop a losing streak, it begins with a quality start”, manager Bryan Price said.

CINCINNATI (AP) – Skipping a start did wonders for Jacob deGrom.

Reds: INF/OF Kristopher Negron, who sustained a season-ending shoulder injury this month, was transferred to the 60-day DL when Cincinnati claimed OF Tyler Holt off waivers from Cleveland.