The Mets are on one right now, in a way that they haven’t been for almost 40 years, and in a way that’s pressing history.
The last five games have all been Mets wins, all by exactly one run. That ties the team record, set from July 20-24, 1984. Then, the Mets won three games in Cincinnati — 3-2 (11 innings), 2-1, and 7-6 — before coming home to beat the Cardinals on a Wally Backman single in the 12th inning of the series opener and a Keith Hernandez single in the 10th the next night. The Mets did win their next game, finishing a sweep of St. Louis, but it was 9-3 in the finale.
Only three times in major league history have there been longer streaks of one-run games that a team won all of: the 1916 St. Louis Browns had a six-game streak, as did the 1989 California Angels, while the record is seven, set by the 1927 Cubs.
All seven of those games in the Cubs’ streak were at Wrigley Field, five against the Dodgers, two against the Giants. And where are the Mets going now, with three one-run wins standing behind them and history? That’s right, Wrigley Field. Maybe Gabby Hartnett’s grandkids can be there like Roger Maris Jr. or something. We’ll see.
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