Fox News Flash top headlines are here. Check out what's clicking on Foxnews.com. The New York Mets deserved the benefit of the doubt when critics said they "choked" their 10.5-game NL East lead – from June 1 to Sept.
2, the Mets went an astounding 53-31… but the Atlanta Braves went an elite 60-24. However, since Sept. 3, the Mets have lost seven of their 11 games, and those losses have come to the Washington Nationals, Pittsburgh Pirates, Miami Marlins, and Chicago Cubs – who just swept the Mets on Wednesday night after a 6-3 win.
The Mets have the easiest schedule remaining throughout baseball but have done the total opposite of take advantage - all pity is now gone with this latest stretch.
The Braves have not been amazing since then, going 6-4 in that span, but now they only trail the NL East by half a game (and led by that number on Sept.