Late Wednesday, six outs away from their first postseason series win in nine years, the limitations imposed by their schedule caught up with them.
The adrenaline of their postseason push, the momentum of their late-season magic, could carry them deeper into October.
We got punched today, manager Carlos Mendoza said. We'll get right back. So much of the night had gone according to plan for Mendoza and the Mets.
Two factors influenced the Mets' decision to turn to Maton for the eighth even though he'd be pitching for the fourth time in five days.
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