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Streaking Mets filled with confidence

The Sports Xchange

August 27, 2015 at 3:20 am.

PHILADELPHIA — The New York Mets’ visiting locker room was alive after Wednesday night’s 9-4 win over the Philadelphia Phillies.

And for good reason.

The Mets (70-56) won their sixth consecutive game and sit 6 1/2 games up on the Washington Nationals for first place in the National League East. They’re now 17-6 in August and 23-5 in their past 28 games against Philadelphia, including 11-1 this season.

With a vaunted rotation, timely hitting and most importantly, confidence, New York looks dangerous.

In fact, the Mets look like they’re playing for October jobs.

“I don’t think there’s any doubt,” New York manager Terry Collins said. “I don’t know if they talk about it or not. Right now, they just like what they’re doing. They’re enjoying winning. Winning is very, very contagious when you’re getting going. Everybody wants a part of it.”

Wednesday was an off day for third baseman David Wright, who is still fresh from a four-month long disabled stint due to a hamstring injury and lower-back stenosis.

But that didn’t stop him from telling Collins late in the game that he could take off his shoes, put on his spikes and play.

“I told him, ‘You’re not in there tonight,'” Collins said. “But that’s the mentality of the whole club.”

Mets right-hander Bartolo Colon, who shook off recent struggles, threw seven shutout innings for his 11th win. At 42 years old, he’s enjoying this run — but for reasons greater than himself.

“It’s very important for me personally, but more for the team and the city,” he said through a translator. “We want to take this team all the way to the end and see how far we can go.”

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