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HR pair helps Mets top Twins, gain WC ground
- Updated: September 17, 2016
NEW YORK — The Mets returned to Citi Field for their final homestand on Friday in an enviable position. With a one-game cushion in the National League Wild Card race and the NL’s easiest schedule before them, they held control of their fate. The Mets’ only requirement was to win at least as many games as the next-best teams.
They began that process with a clinical 3-0 win over the Twins that typified the type of team they’ve become. Bartolo Colon gave the Mets seven shutout innings, Jose Reyes and Asdrubal Cabrera hit back-to-back home runs and the Mets never trailed, ensuring they would retain at least a one-game lead over the Cardinals. New York temporarily moved within a half-game of the Giants for the NL’s best Wild Card record.
Though Twins rookie Jose Berrios managed to extricate himself from a bases-loaded jam in the first inning, the Mets took the lead for good on homers by Reyes and Cabrera in the third. Yoenis Cespedes later …
