This week in the 1986 Mets (July 25-31)

Roger McDowell provided relief to the Mets both on the mound and at bat. Ronald C. Modra/Sports ImageryEach week, we’ll commemorate the 30th anniversary of the 1986 New York Mets championship run. We’ll focus on the memorable games, players, stories and stats and the journey of dominance taken by one of New York’s greatest baseball teams. We’ll be aided by media accounts from the New York papers (especially the Daily News, which published every article after the season in a book titled “Yes!”) as well as interviews past and present.

Aguilera saves a sweep

The Mets lost the first two games of the final series of their 10-game road trip against the Braves, and easily could have packed it in in…