By virtue of winning the ALCS, the Red Sox advanced to the 1986 World Series, where they faced the New York Mets, with memorable results.

The next season, he spent most of the year with the rookie-league Kingsport Mets of the Appalachian League, although he went hitless in four at bats in one game with the St. Lucie Mets of the single-A advanced Florida State League.

In one of the most famous games in baseball history, the Mets defeated Houston at the Astrodome 7 – 6 in 16 innings as Jesse Orosco struck out Kevin Bass on a curveball for the final out with runners at first and second and New York advanced to its third World Series in franchise history.

They led the Wild Card by 1. 5 games over San Francisco and Houston on September 25, and both of those teams lost that day, giving the Cubs a chance at increasing the lead to a commanding 2. 5 games with only eight games remaining in the season, but reliever LaTroy Hawkins blew a save to the Mets, and the Cubs lost the game in extra innings, a defeat that seemingly deflated the team, as they proceeded to drop 6 of their last 8 games as the Astros won the Wild Card.

The first game in Rockies history was played on April 5, 1993, against the New York Mets at Shea Stadium.

After the starters exited, eleven relievers ( seven for the Mets and four for the Astros ) tried to end the game.

The game finally ended in the 24th inning when Aspromonte hit a shot toward Mets shortstop Al Weis.

With a steady five game lead for the Wild Card, the hope of a playoff spot seemed secured, but the Brewers struggled in September, first getting swept by the New York Mets, and then just over a week later, getting swept in four games by the Philadelphia Phillies, losing their lead in the Wild Card.

The Brewers finished the 2008 season one game ahead of the New York Mets in the wild card race with a final record of 90 – 72, and faced the Philadelphia Phillies in the NLDS.

In the previous decade the Mets made one playoff appearance after the 2000 season ; it was in 2006 when they came within one game of the World Series, losing to the eventual World Champion St. Louis Cardinals in Game 7 of the 2006 National League Championship Series.

In 1998, the Mets acquired Mike Piazza in a blockbuster trade and missed the 1998 postseason by only one game.

The Mets held a more modest 3. 5 game lead after 145 games of the 2008 season, their final season at Shea Stadium.

Similarly, the ace of the 1986 team, Dwight Gooden, threw his no-hitter for the Yankees ( in 1996 ), and David Cone, who starred for the Mets from 1987 – 1992, threw a perfect game later in his career, also as a Yankee.

Averting the spotlight from Carlos Beltran's return to Citi Field, Santana turned a routine game into a moment in baseball lore and Mets history.

Still Santana stayed in the game and with the help of a few great defensive plays as well as a controversial call of a foul ball, pulled off the first no-hitter in Mets history.

He was first introduced on the cover of game programs in 1963, when the Mets were still playing at the Polo Grounds in northern Manhattan.

One highlight of the season occurred on Father's Day, when Jim Bunning pitched a perfect game against the New York Mets, the first in Phillies history.

On September 30, in a game at Three Rivers Stadium, he hit a double off Jon Matlack of the New York Mets for his 3, 000th hit.

* In the first major sporting event in New York City since the attack, a baseball game at Shea Stadium, the New York Mets ' Mike Piazza hits a two-run, game-winning home run in the bottom of the eighth inning against the Atlanta Braves to defeat the Braves, 3-2.

Snow hit a three-run home run to tie the game ; but the Mets won the game anyway by scoring in the tenth inning.

The Padres playing host to the New York Mets at Jack Murphy Stadium during a 1990 home game.

On October 1, 2006, he managed his final game, a 6 – 2 loss to the Mets, and prior to the game addressed the fans at RFK Stadium.

During the fifth inning of game three of the series, Joe Morgan hit a double play ball to Mets first baseman John Milner with Rose on first.

On April 30, 1988, during a home game against the New York Mets, with two out in the top of the ninth inning umpire Dave Pallone made a safe at first call that allowed what would become the eventual game-winning run to score.

Following the Mets ' loss in the 1999 NLCS, the New York press made much of a card game between Henderson and Bobby Bonilla.

The team debuted in its new ballpark on April 26, 1995, in an 11 – 9 win over the New York Mets, and proceeded to win seven of their first eight games in the new season.

The Mets won that Saturday, but on Sunday, Tom Glavine gave up seven runs in the first inning.

The ultimate example of this trend is Hall of Famer Nolan Ryan, who started his career with the Mets, but threw a record seven no-hitters after leaving the club.

The A's defeated the New York Mets in seven hard-fought games in the World Series.

Against the Braves in the NLCS, Ryan completed a Mets sweep by throwing seven innings of relief in Game 3, getting his first playoff win ( it would take him 12 years to get another ).

Strawberry led the Mets to the playoffs, losing to the Dodgers in seven games in the National League championship series.

On May 27, 2011, the AA New Britain Rock Cats had a double play against the Binghamton Mets involving seven defenders.

In 1986, Boggs made it to the World Series with the Red Sox, but they lost to the New York Mets in seven games.

With these players, the Leones, contended for the 1989 title, losing in seven games to Mario " Quijote " Morales and the Guaynabo Mets.

He suffered the loss in Game 5 while the Mets went on to drop the series to the Cardinals in seven games.

Unfortunately, Glavine made one of the worst starts of his career, allowing seven runs while recording only one out, with the Mets being eliminated from playoff contention with an 8 – 1 loss.

The Mets won the 1986 World Series in seven games over the Boston Red Sox.

The Mets won the 1986 World Series in seven games over the Boston Red Sox.

On July 25, 1990 in Philadelphia, the Mets took a 10-3 lead into the ninth inning, but rival Phillies opened the inning with seven consecutive singles, followed by a walk, and scored six runs to narrow the Mets lead to one run before the Mets were able to turn a double-play and get a line drive out.

He spent most of seven seasons in the Athletics and New York Mets ' minor league organizations, before pitching in the majors in 2004 and managing a high 6. 36 earned run average.

In the World Series against the New York Mets, Cuellar won Game One in a 4 – 1 game, and he left Game Four after seven innings, trailing 1 – 0.

After spending seven years in the Astros minors system and couple of months in CPBL's Mercuries Tigers, he signed as a free agent with the Mets in 1998 and made his major league debut in the 1999 season.

The next seven years were spent with the New York Mets, first as the third-base coach for manager Wes Westrum in 1966.

He went on to hit. 400 in a losing cause as the Red Sox were defeated in the 1986 World Series by the New York Mets in seven games.

He recorded seven consecutive multi-hit games from August 26 to August 31 as part of an 18-for-32 stretch, and homered in back-to-back games on August 28 and 29 during the Phillies ' four-game sweep of the Mets.

By this point, the Mets were in second place, seven games back of the Chicago Cubs.