ESPN.com · Sep 24, 2016
Replace-Mets keep amazin' run alive; Mets expand wild-card lead
playMichael Conforto's three-run home run pads the Mets' lead in the fifth inning as New York gets a 10-5 win over Philadelphia. (0:51)NEW YORK -- Can the New York Mets really reach the postseason while using Seth Lugo, Robert Gsellman, Gabriel Ynoa and Sean Gilmartin as starting pitchers the final 10 days of the regular season?
It’s starting to look that way, even if it’s not the prettiest baseball ever seen.
A night after twice overcoming two-run deficits while down to their final two outs, manager Terry Collins used six unheralded pitchers to piece together a 10-5 win against the Philadelphia Phillies on Friday at Citi Field.