With only 7 games remaining in the regular season, the Mets are now 2.5 games ahead of the surging Phillies. The good news however is that the Phillies only have 6 games to play, which means they have one less game to make up the difference. The Mets continue to control their own destiny; If the Mets can win 5 of their last 7 games, they will win the division even if the Phillies win out. If the Mets can win 4 of their remaining 7 games (which is very doable), it would force the Phillies to win out, just to tie the Mets for first place.

After the Mets' struggles in Philadelphia and Washington last week, many Mets had lost hope, but the Mets responded in Florida taking 3 out of 4 from the Marlins, and appear to be back on track.

The Mets offense has scored 7 or more runs in 6 straight games, With Carlos Delgado finally back in the lineup, hopefully this power surge will continue.

The Mets now come home to finish out the season with games against the Nationals, Cardinals and Marlins.

Let's keep it rolling...