Mets 10 Phillies 5

If someone told you two months ago that the Mets would sweep the Phillies in Philadelphia to push them even deeper in the NL East cellar, would you have believed it?

Diamondbacks 5 Mets 4

Both starting pitchers did well, save for one bad inning. In the end, it was relief pitching and defense that made the difference in the ballgame. On this particular night, strong defense and relief pitching by the D’Backs overtook shoddy defense and poor relieving by the Mets.

Mets 7 Rockies 5

Only one bad inning for the Mets in this game. And this time, the Rox didn’t score 11 runs in that frame.

Giants 7 Mets 2

In this series, the Mets were lucky to not face Matt Cain and to see Tim Lincecum at a time when he was looking quite human. However, the Mets still dropped three of four, and have now reached Omar Minaya’s perpetual goal of .500.

Mets 6 Braves 1

With only 152 games to play, the Mets are really putting the pressure on the NL-leading Nationals, this time plowing over the third-place Braves to remain a mere half-game out of first place.

Nationals 6 Mets 2

Well, you can’t win ’em all. This loss crushes the Mets’ chances for a 162-0 season. But hey, they can still go 161-1!

Like the last analysis, we have a very small sample size with which to make an evaluation on Josh Stinson. And like Chris Schwinden, Stinson was pitching at the end of a long season — for all we know, his unimpressive performance could have been due to fatigue. But, we’ll give it a go.

Due to a predetermined innings limit, Chris Schwinden was supposed to make only one Major League start — which turned out to be a 6-5 loss to the Atlanta Braves on September 8th. Although it was an inauspicious debut, it capped a feel-good story: the pinnacle of success for an overachieving non-prospect.