New York Mets

Mets move into first place

June, 24, 2010

6/24/10

5:23

PM ET

By Andrew Marchand | ESPNNewYork.com

Amazin'.

The Mets are in first. By virtue of the Braves' loss Thursday afternoon to the White Sox, the Mets (41-30) are two percentage points up on Atlanta (42-31) at the top of the NL East, capping an unbelievable turnaround that began on May 22. On May 21, the Mets bottomed out in the NL East basement, a season-worst seven games out of the top spot after losing to Javy Vazquez and the Yankees at Citi.

Heading into Thursday night's game, the Mets have been the best team in baseball for a month. They are 21-7 (.750) in that span.

The last time the Mets were in first was May 1. After they climbed to 14-10, they played some of their worst baseball of the season, losing 13 of their next 19 before starting their current streak.

Andrew Marchand

ESPNNewYork.com

Andrew Marchand is a senior writer for ESPNNewYork. He also regularly contributes to SportsCenter, Baseball Tonight, ESPNews, ESPN New York 98.7 FM and ESPN Radio. He joined ESPN in 2007 after nine years at the New York Post. Follow Andrew on Twitter »

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UPCOMING GAMES

	W-L	HM	AW	STK	L10
NYM	16-24	9-12	7-12	L1
CHC	18-24	10-13	8-11	W1

	W-L	HM	AW	STK	L10
NYM	16-24	9-12	7-12	L1
CHC	18-24	10-13	8-11	W1

	W-L	HM	AW	STK	L10
CIN	26-17	16-6	10-11	W1
NYM	16-24	9-12	7-12	L1

TEAM LEADERS

BA LEADER

David Wright

BA	HR	RBI	R
.317	6	27	24

OTHER LEADERS

RBI

OPS

.955

ERA

1.55

	R	H	E
	2	9	1	» Recap » Box Score » Play-By-Play » Conversation
	8	11	1

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Sun	Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat
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5 @ATL L 4 - 9	6	7 CHW W 1 - 0	8 CHW L 3 - 6	9 PIT W 3 - 2	10 PIT L 3 - 7	11 PIT L 2 - 11
12 PIT L 2 - 3	13 @STL L 3 - 6	14 @STL L 4 - 10	15 @STL L 2 - 4	16 @STL W 5 - 2	17 @CHC W 3 - 2	18 @CHC L 2 - 8
19 @CHC 2:20 PM ET	20 CIN 7:10 PM ET	21 CIN 7:10 PM ET	22 CIN 1:10 PM ET	23	24 ATL 7:10 PM ET	25 ATL 7:15 PM ET
26 ATL 8:00 PM ET	27 NYY 7:10 PM ET	28 NYY 7:00 PM ET	29 @NYY 7:05 PM ET	30 @NYY 7:05 PM ET	31 @MIA 7:10 PM ET

Sun	Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat
						1 @MIA 4:10 PM ET
2 @MIA 1:10 PM ET	3	4 @WSH 7:05 PM ET	5 @WSH 7:05 PM ET	6 @WSH 7:05 PM ET	7 MIA 7:10 PM ET	8 MIA 1:10 PM ET
9 MIA 1:10 PM ET	10	11 STL 7:10 PM ET	12 STL 7:10 PM ET	13 STL 1:10 PM ET	14 CHC 7:10 PM ET	15 CHC 1:10 PM ET
16 CHC 1:10 PM ET	17 @ATL 7:10 PM ET	18 @ATL 1:10 PM ET	19 @ATL 7:10 PM ET	20 @ATL 7:10 PM ET	21 @PHI 7:05 PM ET	22 @PHI 4:05 PM ET
23 @PHI 1:35 PM ET	24	25 @CHW 8:10 PM ET	26 @CHW 8:10 PM ET	27 @COL 6:10 PM ET	28 WSH 7:10 PM ET	29 WSH 1:10 PM ET
30 WSH 1:10 PM ET

Sun	Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat
	1 ARI 7:10 PM ET	2 ARI 7:10 PM ET	3 ARI 7:10 PM ET	4 ARI 1:10 PM ET	5 @MIL 8:10 PM ET	6 @MIL 7:15 PM ET
7 @MIL 2:10 PM ET	8 @SF 10:15 PM ET	9 @SF 10:15 PM ET	10 @SF 3:45 PM ET	11	12 @PIT 7:05 PM ET	13 @PIT 7:15 PM ET
14 @PIT 1:35 PM ET	15	16	17	18	19 PHI 7:10 PM ET	20 PHI 1:10 PM ET
21 PHI 1:10 PM ET	22 ATL 7:10 PM ET	23 ATL 7:10 PM ET	24 ATL 7:10 PM ET	25 ATL 12:10 PM ET	26 @WSH 7:05 PM ET	27 @WSH 3:05 PM ET
28 @WSH 1:35 PM ET	29 @MIA 7:10 PM ET	30 @MIA 7:10 PM ET	31 @MIA 7:10 PM ET

TEAM	W	L	GB	RS	RA
Atlanta	24	18	0.0	181	150
Washington	23	20	1.5	151	159
Philadelphia	20	23	4.5	153	188
NY Mets	16	24	7.0	170	199
Miami	11	32	13.5	115	189

MLB

Final R H E
Blue Jays 0 4 0
Yankees 5 8 0
Final R H E
Mets 3 8 1
Cubs 2 6 2

Final	R	H	E
Blue Jays	0	4	0
Yankees	5	8	0

Final	R	H	E
Mets	3	8	1
Cubs	2	6	2

MLB

Final R H E
Blue Jays 2 8 2
Yankees 7 8 0
Final R H E
Mets 2 9 1
Cubs 8 11 1

Final	R	H	E
Blue Jays	2	8	2
Yankees	7	8	0

Final	R	H	E
Mets	2	9	1
Cubs	8	11	1

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