The Miami Marlins are quickly becoming the grinches of September, stealing wins against teams who need them desperately. After the Marlins outplayed the New York Mets in Flushing, they traveled to Washington D.C. to take on the Nationals.
The pesky Marlins defeated the Nationals by a score of 6-4 tonight which puts the Nats a full 8 games behind the first place Mets in the NL East with 16 games to play.
“Panic City” may just be able to breathe a little easier tonight after all the commotion and worrying you’ve seen around the Mets Blogosphere and Twitter in the last 48 hours.
Tired of wishy-washy, bipolar bloggers acting like believers when Mets win & like chicken-shits after a loss. Get Metsmerized or Get Lost!
— Metsmerized – Joe D (@MetsmerizedJoeD) September 18, 2015
The Mets magic number now drops to single digits at nine which essentially means any combination of Mets wins or Nationals losses that add up to the number 9 will clinch the NL East title for the Mets.
Or in other words, if the Mets go 7-9 the rest of the season, the Nationals would still be eliminated if they go 14-2.
Bring on the Yankees!
