The rivalry between the Mets and Philadelphia Phillies dates back to 1962, when New York joined the National League and to date has 1,081 confrontations.
But of all those games, this Saturday at Citizenz Bank Park will be the first in a postseason series.
In the regular season the Phillies have the advantage with a record of 555-525 against the Mets. This year the particular series between the two could not have been more even. Of the 13 divisional matchups, the Phillies won 7 and the Mets won 6.
New York is the first team to clinch a postseason berth and win the deciding game of a playoff series by winning both games after trailing in the ninth inning or later.
Winning data for the Mets
A historical and even superstitious factor seems to favor the team that lives in Queens, since 6 of the 9 times in which they have eliminated Milwaukee in the postseason, their rival has been champion of the World Series that same year.
This list is made up of the San Luis Cardinals (2 titles), Philadelphia Phillies, Los Angeles Dodgers, Washington Nationals and Atlanta Braves.
In recent times this statistic is reduced to 3 champion teams in the last 4 times that the Brewers are eliminated. But the most striking thing about this data is that in those 9 opportunities Milwaukee’s rival has reached the World Series.
The first team to lift the World Series trophy, after leaving the Brewers behind, was the Cardinals in 1982. However, just a year before, the Yankees eliminated the Wisconsin team and managed to compete for the Major League title. Suspenders.
From there, this list looks like this:
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