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Mets clinch at least tie for NL Wild Card spot
- Updated: October 1, 2016
PHILADELPHIA — No plastic sheets adorned the lockers in Citizens Bank Park’s visiting clubhouse on Friday. Any champagne on the premises remained corked. In every way, it seemed just another victory for the Mets, similar in form and fashion to so many before it.
But the Mets accomplished something tangible with their 5-1 win over the Phillies, ensuring they will at least play beyond this weekend. At worst, the Mets will finish with the same 162-game record as the Cardinals, meaning even if they lose both of their remaining games and the Cards — who beat the Pirates on Friday night — win all of theirs, those two teams would play a tiebreaker next week for the right to qualify for the National League Wild Card game.
“It’s step one of a big accomplishment,” manager Terry Collins said. “We’re certainly very, very pleased that we get to play past Sunday. But we want to take care of business [this weekend] and solidify where we need to be, and get ourselves ready for that …
