Daniel Murphy had four hits and four RBI's and David Wright clubbed his tenth homer helping Jonathon Niese to his third straight win in an 11-1 drubbing of the Phillies at Citi Field on Tuesday night.
Two weeks ago a trip to Los Angeles to take on the Dodgers didn't seem promising. But the Mets are out West to take on a stumbling L.A. team that has lost four straight and seen a 7.5 game lead over the rival Giants evaporate.
The Mets rebounded from back-to-back loses to the team with the worst record in baseball by finally beating the Cubs 17-1 at Wrigley Field on Wednesday to avoid a three game sweep.
R.A. Dickey picked up his major league leading tenth win with his latest gem on Wednesday night, a complete game one-hitter, with a career best 12 strikeouts while setting a franchise record for scoreless innings.
The New York Mets got their second straight complete game shut out from a starter as R.A. Dickey blanked the Cardinals on Saturday afternoon at Citi Field, a day after Johan Santana no-hit St. Louis.
Ty Wiggington's three-run homer in the eighth inning capped a six-RBI day, and opened up a four-run lead as the Phillies went on to the beat the Mets 8-4 on Monday afternoon at Citi Field.
The San Diego Padres offense had its best performance of the season thus far, smashing 18 hits for 11 runs in an 11-5 rout of the Mets at Citi Field on Thursday.
David Wright got on base five times, scored three times and drove in the go-ahead run as the Mets earned a split of their two game series with Reds, coming from behind for a 9-4 win at Citi Field on Thursday afternoon.