The Mets limp into their Interleague matchup with the hated Yankees after dropping another one in St. Louis, 6-3, on Thursday. But, hey, all’s not bad, since the Brewers helped out again, edging Philly, 5-4. So, despite another road series loss, the Mets’ magic number still drops to…

121.

We also have a better record than the Yankees.

Well, the Mets’ 1-0 loss in St. Louis did nothing to help, but hey, a little bit of clutch action from Geoff Jenkins in Milwaukee’s 8-7 win over Philly was all the Mets needed to lower their magic number over the Phils to…

122.

Incidentially, it’s already down to 112 over D.C. and Florida.

 

After an eventual 8-3 victory in soggy St. Louis, combined with the Philles’ 3-2 loss in Milwaukee, the Mets magic number on uesday shrank to …

123.

That’s over the Phils, who again trail by two games.

It took too **** long to get here, but the Mets snapped their three-game skid to pull out a fun 9-8 slugfest from the Brewers on Saturday to lower their magic number to…

125.

That’s over Philly, trails by two games, is exceeding my own expectations and apparently doesn’t like to lose much anymore.

After a hiccup Tuesday, the Mets rebounded to dominate in a 13-4 thrashing of the Phillies on Wednesday, lowering their’ magic number to…

126.

That’s over Philly, which now trails by four games.

With their marathon comeback effort in their tremendous 8-7 victory on Friday the Mets’ magic number dropped to…

129.

That’s over the Phillies, who’re on a run.

With their stirring 6-0 victory on Thursday the Mets’ magic number dropped to…

130.

With their moist 4-3 victory on Wednesday, the Mets’ magic number dropped to…

131.

That’s over the Phillies, who were come-from-behind winners over the Braves.

Sorry for the tech problems in getting this up late. I read somewhere it was on TypePad’s end.

UPDATE: Fixing score, thanks to robdouth@yahoo.com for catching it.

With their exciting 2-1 win over the hapless Nationals on Monday, the Mets lowered their magic number to…

132.

The Mets’ lead in the NL East stands at six games over the Braves and the Phillies with 137 left to play.

(Accidentially unmentioned yesterday, the magic number was unchanged after the Mets’ loss to the Braves).

After Tom Glavine flashed his Hall of Fame credentials with a 1-0 blanking of the host Braves on Saturday night, along with the Phillies’ uninteresting 3-2 loss to the Pirates, the Mets’ magic number plummeted to …

133.