Mets–Phillies rivalry

File:Jim Bunning as ballplayer.jpg threw the first perfect game in Phillies franchise history—one of fourteen no-hitters.|alt=A young man in his mid-twenties smiling and looking to the right of the image; he is wearing a dark baseball cap on his head with an Old English "D" on the front]]

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Bunning's perfect game occurred in the 1964 season, during which the Phillies finished at the top and the Mets finished bottom. Pitcher Jim Bunning, in his first season with the Phillies, entered play on June 21 with a 6–2 record on the season.{{cite web|url=http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1964/TPHI01964.htm|title=The 1964 Philadelphia Phillies|publisher=Retrosheet, Inc|access-date=October 22, 2009}} He was opposed on the mound by Tracy Stallard for the Mets in the first game of a doubleheader. Through the first four innings, Bunning totaled four strikeouts through 12 batters.{{cite web|url=http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1964/B06211NYN1964.htm|title=Philadelphia Phillies 6, New York Mets 0 (1)|date=June 21, 1964|publisher=Retrosheet, Inc|access-date=October 22, 2009}}

In the fifth inning, Phillies second baseman Tony Taylor preserved the perfect game with his strong defensive play. A diving catch and a throw from the knees kept Mets catcher Jesse Gonder off of the bases.{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=uioNAAAAIBAJ&pg=5480,3622205&dq=jim+bunning+perfect+game&hl=en|title=Phils' Bunning Hurls Perfect Game|date=June 22, 1964|newspaper=Pittsburgh Post-Gazette|pages=22, 24|agency=Associated Press|access-date=October 22, 2009}} Bunning also made plays at the plate, hitting a double and driving in two runs in the sixth inning.

By the end of the game, even the Mets fans were cheering Bunning's effort;{{cite news|quote=The Phils won the contest...before 32,904 fans who were screaming for Bunning during the last two innings...Yesterday's perfect pitching turned the usually loyal Met fans into Bunning fans in the late innings. From the seventh inning on...Bunning had the crowd...behind him.|title=Bunning Pitches a Perfect Game; Mets Are Perfect Victims, 6 to 0|date=June 22, 1964|first=Gordon S. Jr.|last=White|newspaper=The New York Times|page=1}} he had only reached a three-ball count on two batters, and retired shortstop Charley Smith on a pop-out, and pinch-hitters George Altman and John Stephenson on strikeouts, to complete the perfect game. Bunning, who at the time had seven children, said that his game, pitched on Father's Day, could not have come at a more appropriate time. He remarked that his slider was his best pitch, {{"'}}just like the no-hitter I pitched for Detroit six years ago{{'"}}. Bunning became the first pitcher to throw a winning no-hitter in both leagues, and posted the first regular-season perfect game since Charlie Robertson in 1922 (Don Larsen's prior perfect game was in the 1956 World Series). The Phillies also won the second game of the doubleheader, 8–2, behind Rick Wise.{{cite web|url=http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1964/B06212NYN1964.htm|title=Philadelphia Phillies 8, New York Mets 2 (2)|date=June 21, 1964|publisher=Retrosheet Inc|access-date=October 22, 2009}}

The Phillies performed strongly for most of the season, but surrendered a {{frac|6|1|2}} game lead during the last weeks of the season that year, losing 10 games in a row with 12 games remaining and losing the pennant by one game to the St. Louis Cardinals. "The Phold"{{cite book|last=Goodman|first=Michael E.|title=The Story of the Philadelphia Phillies|publisher=The Creative Company|year=2007|page=19|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8Ksa4dUKTkoC&q=phillies+phold+of+64&pg=PA20 |isbn=978-1-58341-497-2}} of 1964 is among the most notable collapses in sports history.{{cite web|title=History: Phillies Timeline (1960s)|website=Philadelphia Phillies|publisher=MLB|url=http://philadelphia.phillies.mlb.com/phi/history/timeline08.jsp|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070813025502/http://philadelphia.phillies.mlb.com/phi/history/timeline08.jsp|url-status=dead|archive-date=August 13, 2007|access-date=June 5, 2008}} The Mets, meanwhile, finished the year in last place, with a 53–109 record—the worst in Major League Baseball.{{cite web|url=http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1964/Y_1964.htm|title=The 1964 Season|publisher=Retrosheet, Inc|access-date=October 22, 2009}}

Tug McGraw pitched for the Mets from 1965 to 1967, and again from 1969 to 1974 after spending all of the 1968 season in the minor leagues. In those nine seasons, he amassed 86 saves and appeared in 361 games. He appeared in the postseason for the 1969 Miracle Mets, pitching three innings against the Atlanta Braves. He was selected to the 1972 All-Star team, and appeared in the Most Valuable Player (MVP) award voting in 1972 and 1973. During the 1973 pennant-winning season, he coined the Mets' rally cry, "Ya gotta believe!"{{cite book|last1=McGraw|first1=Tug|last2=Yaeger|first2=Don|others=McGraw, Tim|title=Ya gotta believe!: my roller-coaster life as a screwball pitcher, and part-time father, and my hope-filled fight against brain cancer|publisher=New American Library|year=2004 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=iZ0GAAAACAAJ&q=ya+gotta+believe|isbn=0-451-21258-4}} In the 1974 season, McGraw experienced issues with his arm and shoulder.{{cite journal|last=Vass|first=George|date=April 1975|title=How the Pennant Races Shape Up|journal=Baseball Digest|publisher=Lakeside Publishing Company|volume=34|issue=4|pages=28|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FzMDAAAAMBAJ&q=tug+mcgraw+trade+1975&pg=PA28}} Thus, the Mets traded McGraw, along with outfielders Don Hahn and Dave Schneck, to the Phillies in December 1974 for pitcher Mac Scarce, catcher John Stearns, and outfielder Del Unser.{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/m/mcgratu01.shtml|title=Tug McGraw Statistics and History|work=Baseball-Reference.com|access-date=May 25, 2009}}

McGraw became a staple of the back end of the Phillies' bullpen, saving 94 games between 1975 and 1982, and earning a place on the 1975 All-Star team. Under manager Danny Ozark, the Phillies won three consecutive division championships from 1976 to 1978 with McGraw as the closer, while the Mets finished third in 1976 and last in 1977 and 1978.{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/NL_1976.shtml|title=1976 National League Team Statistics and Standings|work=Baseball-Reference.com|access-date=March 6, 2009}}{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/NL_1977.shtml|title=1977 National League Team Statistics and Standings|work=Baseball-Reference.com|access-date=March 6, 2009}}{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/NL_1978.shtml|title=1978 National League Team Statistics and Standings|work=Baseball-Reference.com|access-date=March 6, 2009}} In 1980, McGraw was on the mound against the Kansas City Royals when the Phillies won their first World Series championship, earning his fourth save of that postseason. He struck out Willie Wilson with the bases loaded to preserve the win for Steve Carlton and the Phillies,{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/PHI/PHI198010210.shtml|title=1980 World Series Game 6|date=October 21, 1980|work=Baseball-Reference.com|access-date=October 16, 2009}} leaping from the mound to embrace catcher Bob Boone on the field at Veterans Stadium in Philadelphia.{{cite book|last=Westcott|first=Rich|title=Veterans Stadium: field of memories|publisher=Temple University Press|year=2005|chapter=5: The Greatest Moment|isbn=1-59213-428-9|page=59 |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=SwEnqr5lAssC&q=phillies+1980+world+series+tug+mcgraw&pg=PA56}} Sportswriter Allen Barra recounted that McGraw, in the victory parade after the World Series, told New York fans they could "take this championship and shove it."{{cite web|last=Barra|first=Allen|title=Curses!|work=The Village Voice|date=October 26, 2004|url=http://www.villagevoice.com/content/printVersion/187108/|access-date=June 8, 2008|archive-date=January 14, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120114111300/http://www.villagevoice.com/content/printVersion/187108/|url-status=dead}}

File:Mike Schmidt.jpg won the 1986 Most Valuable Player Award over two Mets.|alt=A man in his late fifties wearing a white baseball cap and a light-blue polo shirt looks to the right of the image, following a golf ball he just hit.]]

The Mets won the National League East by {{frac|21|1|2}} games in 1986,{{cite news|title=Flyers, Rangers have contentious history|last=Brehm|first=Mike|newspaper=USA Today|date=December 30, 2011|page=E4|quote=In 1986, the New York Mets were running away with the National League East race and needed one win in Philadelphia in mid-September to clinch. Mets fans seemed to take up half of Veterans Stadium, but Philadelphia swept the three games. Though the Mets won the division by 21 games, that was Phillies fans' World Series.|url=https://www.usatoday.com/sports/hockey/nhl/story/2011-12-29/winter-classic-flyers-rangers-rivalry/52298432/1|access-date=May 31, 2012}} but the Phillies were the only team to post a winning record against them, including winning 7 of 9 at Veterans Stadium. On September 12, up by 22 games, the Mets came to Philadelphia for a three-game weekend series needing one win to clinch the division. The Mets brought champagne to Philadelphia. Before the series, Mets manager Davey Johnson told the Associated Press, "It will be nice to clinch in Philadelphia. It gives us a chance to beat the only team in our way...I have a nice warm feeling about this."{{cite news|title=They'd Rather Clinch in Philadelphia|date=September 12, 1986|agency=Associated Press|newspaper=San Francisco Chronicle|page=83|first=Brian|last=Trusdell}} He told The Philadelphia Inquirer: "For the fans...it would be nicer to clinch at home. But for the safety...and the livelihood of the players...it's better to do it on the road."{{cite news|title=Mets Set to Clinch Vs. Phils|date=September 12, 1986|first=Peter|last=Pascarelli|newspaper=The Philadelphia Inquirer|page=D1}}

In the series opener, Mike Schmidt hit a three-run homer, Phillies rookie Bruce Ruffin out pitched the Mets' Dwight Gooden, and the Phillies won, 6–3.{{cite web|url=http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1986/B09120PHI1986.htm|title=Philadelphia Phillies 6, New York Mets 3|date=September 12, 1986|publisher=Retrosheet, Inc|access-date=July 15, 2009}} The Phillies won the second game of the series, 6–5;{{cite web|url=http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1986/B09130PHI1986.htm|title=Philadelphia Phillies 6, New York Mets 5|date=September 13, 1986|publisher=Retrosheet, Inc|access-date=July 15, 2009}} visiting Mets fans became unruly and damaged seats in the upper deck.{{cite news|title=30 Vet Seats Smashed by Mets Fans|date=September 15, 1986|first1=Robert J.|last1=Terry|first2=David|last2=Lieber|newspaper=The Philadelphia Inquirer|page=B8}} One Mets fan was arrested after hitting two Philadelphia police officers. The Phillies completed the sweep by beating the Mets, 6–0, behind a shutout from Kevin Gross, who also drove in two runs with a fourth-inning triple.{{cite web|url=http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1986/B09140PHI1986.htm|title=Philadelphia Phillies 6, New York Mets 0|date=September 14, 1986|publisher=Retrosheet, Inc|access-date=July 14, 2009}} The Mets would clinch the division at Shea Stadium on September 17.{{cite news|title=Finally, the Mets achieve the Inevitable Title|date=September 18, 1986|first=Joseph|last=Durso|newspaper=The New York Times|page=B17|author-link=Joe Durso}} After the season, the Phils' Schmidt won the National League MVP Award, ahead of the Mets' Gary Carter and Keith Hernandez who finished third and fourth.{{cite news|title=Schmidt is National League MVP|date=November 20, 1986|first=Peter|last=Pascarelli|newspaper=The Philadelphia Inquirer|page=A1}}

The Phillies played spoiler in 1987. The Mets went 13–5 against the Phillies in 1987 and outscored Philadelphia 94–56. However, the Phillies won two of three in September to hurt the Mets' chances of winning the division significantly.{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/NYM/1987-schedule-scores.shtml|title=1987 New York Mets Schedule, Box Scores and Splits|work=Baseball-Reference.com|access-date=January 11, 2010}}

The Mets' Ron Darling took a no-hitter and 4–0 lead into the eighth inning against the Phillies on June 28 at the Vet before 52,206 fans. Philadelphia's Greg Gross pinch-hit and tripled to lead off the eighth inning, breaking up the no-hitter. Juan Samuel then singled to break up the shutout, and the Phillies came back with nine hits against Jesse Orosco and Roger McDowell, scoring five runs to win 5–4. It would have been the first no-hitter in Mets history.{{cite news |first=Joseph |last=Durso|title=A tough day for pitchers as Mets and Yanks lose; no no-hitter for Darling|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1987/06/29/sports/a-tough-day-for-pitchers-as-mets-and-yanks-lose-no-no-hitter-for-darling.html?pagewanted=1 |work=The New York Times |date=June 29, 1987 |access-date=July 15, 2009}} Compounding the loss for the Mets, the Phillies were in last place at the time, and the loss dropped the Mets {{frac|6|1|2}} games behind the first-place Cardinals who they would play the next day. Of the win and the Mets, Mike Schmidt said, "The Mets don't like to give credit when they lose, but they have to do it today."{{cite news |first=Ben|last=Walker|title=Phillies spoil Darling's no-hit bid|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=oxsQAAAAIBAJ&pg=5032,5198739&dq=ron+darling+1987+mets+phillies+new+york+times|newspaper=The Free Lance–Star |page=9|date=June 29, 1987 |access-date=July 15, 2009|agency=Associated Press}}

On September 28, the Mets came into Philadelphia for a three-game series against the Phillies. The Mets were {{frac|2|1|2}} games out of first with six games left: three against the Phillies and the last three against the first-place Cardinals. They had an opportunity to win the division and were playing the Phillies, against whom they had a season record of 12–3. The Mets won the opener, 1–0, to move within two games back with five remaining to play. However, the Phillies effectively ended their season on September 29. As the Cardinals swept a doubleheader from the Montréal Expos, the Phillies' Don Carman pitched a complete-game one-hitter, facing only 28 batters to shut out the Mets. After the game, Mets manager Davey Johnson said, "How does it feel now? Empty? Not yet. But we need to get help. When you play 162 games and you're eliminated, then you feel empty. And sick." He promised reporters, "We're going to win tomorrow night.".{{cite news |first=Joseph|last=Durso|title=Mets, Almost Held Hitless, Are Left Almost Hopeless|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1987/09/30/sports/mets-almost-held-hitless-are-left-almost-hopeless.html|work=The New York Times |page=B7|date=September 30, 1987 |access-date=July 15, 2009}}

The following night, Mets pitcher Dwight Gooden struck out 10, and left after pitching nine innings with the score tied at three runs each, but the Phillies' Luis Aguayo won the game with a 10th-inning pinch-hit home run off of Orosco, clinching at least a tie for first place in the division for the Cardinals.{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/PHI/PHI198709300.shtml|title=New York Mets at Philadelphia Phillies Box Score and Play-by-Play|work=Baseball-Reference.com|access-date=November 25, 2009}}

The 1988 Mets returned to the playoffs, but the Phillies, who finished in sixth place in the division with a 65–96 record,{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/PHI/1988.shtml|title=1988 Philadelphia Phillies Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics|work=Baseball-Reference.com|access-date=November 25, 2009}} beat the Mets 8 times in 18 games, the third-best record against them of any team in the league.{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/NYM/1988-schedule-scores.shtml|title=1988 New York Mets Schedule, Box Scores and Splits|work=Baseball-Reference.com|access-date=November 25, 2009}} The Mets won their second division title in three years in a game against the Phillies, and like two years before, did it at home.{{cite news|title=Mets Clinch NL East—Triumph Over the Phils 3–1|date=September 23, 1988|first=Peter|last=Pascarelli|newspaper=The Philadelphia Inquirer|page=C1|quote=Protected by a platoon of riot-trained New York police, the Phillies had a front-row seat for the celebration...They came here with a chance to...delay the Mets' title. Instead, they offered no resistance by falling three straight times.}} In the 1988 postseason, the Mets lost to the eventual champion Dodgers in the 1988 National League Championship Series.{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/NL/1988.shtml|title=1988 National League Team Statistics and Standings|work=Baseball-Reference.com|access-date=November 25, 2009}}

File:Juan Samuel.jpg (pictured) to the Mets after a game between the teams for Roger McDowell and Lenny Dykstra.|alt=A dark-skinned man in his mid-forties wearing a gray baseball uniform stands with arms akimbo. His uniform reads "Orioles" in orange script lettering across the chest, with a block "11" below it in orange, and is accompanied by a black batting helmet.]]

On June 18, 1989, after a Mets–Phillies game, the Phillies traded Samuel to the Mets for McDowell and Lenny Dykstra.{{cite news |first=Joseph |last=Durso|title=Mets Get Samuel for McDowell, Dykstra |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1989/06/19/sports/mets-get-samuel-for-mcdowell-dykstra.html?pagewanted=print|newspaper=The New York Times|date=June 19, 1989|access-date=July 15, 2009|quote=The Phillies' trade...with the Mets was announced after the game.|page=C1}} Dykstra was a career .278 hitter with the Mets and had not equaled his 1986 season when he hit .295.{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/d/dykstle01.shtml|title=Lenny Dykstra Statistics and History|work=Baseball-Reference.com|access-date=May 25, 2009}} Dykstra flourished in Philadelphia and went on to be named to three All-Star teams in six full seasons with the Phillies, finish in the top ten in National League Most Valuable Player voting twice, and help lead the Phillies to the 1993 National League pennant. McDowell saved 45 games for the Phillies in parts of three seasons{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/m/mcdowro01.shtml|title=Roger McDowell Statistics and History|work=Baseball-Reference.com|access-date=October 15, 2009}} and became a fan favorite. The trade was a bust for the Mets as Samuel hit only .228 for the Mets in 1989 and was traded to the Los Angeles Dodgers after the 1989 season.{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/s/samueju01.shtml|title=Juan Samuel Statistics and History|work=Baseball-Reference.com|access-date=October 15, 2009}} It signaled an ascent of the Phillies which culminated in their 1993 National League pennant and the demise of the Mets in the early 1990s. Sports Illustrated writer and Mets fan David Vecsey counts the Dykstra trade as one of the five worst in Mets history, writing, "Never mind that Dykstra was better than Samuel, this trade was devastating to Mets fans on a purely personal level. With one phone call, GM Joe McIlvaine gutted the team of its heart."{{cite web|first=David|last=Vecsey|title=Say It Ain't So... Transactions that broke our hearts |url=http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/baseball/mlb/news/2001/02/06/sayitaintso_mets/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010602093546/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/baseball/mlb/news/2001/02/06/sayitaintso_mets/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=June 2, 2001 |year=2001 |work=CNN Sports Illustrated|access-date=July 15, 2009}} The trade also ushered in a period of bad blood between the two teams.

On September 27, 1989, the Phillies faced the Mets in their home finale at Shea Stadium in New York after a disappointing Mets season. The Mets had won the East in 1988 but were in third place on September 26 behind the Chicago Cubs and St. Louis Cardinals. McDowell was closing out a 5–3 win for the Phillies when, with two outs in the ninth, he induced former teammate Gregg Jeffries to ground out to second to end the game.{{cite web|url=http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1989/B09270NYN1989.htm|title=Philadelphia Phillies 5, New York Mets 3|date=September 27, 1989|publisher=Retrosheet, Inc|access-date=October 15, 2009}} As Jeffries was running out the play, McDowell said something to him prompting Jeffries to charge the mound and wrestle McDowell to the ground. The benches cleared and punches were exchanged before the umpires could separate the teams.{{cite news|title=Mets' Finishing in Turmoil on Field and Off|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1989/09/28/sports/mets-finishing-in-turmoil-on-field-and-off.html|newspaper=The New York Times|date=September 28, 1989|access-date=November 4, 2010|first=Clifton|last=Brown|page=D23}} Jeffries later claimed that McDowell had thrown at him during a 2–1 Phillies victory on September 25.{{cite news|title=Mets lose brawl-filled home finale |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=xQgSAAAAIBAJ&pg=7220,9301111&dq=phillies+mets+brawl|newspaper=Gainesville Sun|date=September 28, 1989|access-date=July 15, 2009|agency=Associated Press}}

The brawling continued in 1990. During an August 9 game at Shea, Gooden hit Phillies hitters Dickie Thon and Tommy Herr.{{cite news|title=Phillies Suffer Fight-Marked Loss to Mets|date=August 10, 1990|first=Michael|last=Bamberger|newspaper=The Philadelphia Inquirer|page=D1}} When Gooden came to bat in the fifth inning, Phillies pitcher Pat Combs hit Gooden in the knee with a fastball. Phillies outfielder Von Hayes defended Combs after the game, "Gooden better expect retaliation if he keeps hitting guys with {{convert|95|mph|km/h|abbr=on}} fastballs. We've got to protect our players."{{cite news|agency=Associated Press|title=Phils, Mets turn game into brawl|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=cc8VAAAAIBAJ&pg=6920,3897799&dq=1990+phillies+mets+brawl|newspaper=Wilmington Morning Star|page=3B|date=August 11, 1990|access-date=July 16, 2009}} Gooden charged the mound and tackled Combs. Phillies catcher Darren Daulton followed Gooden and landed a series of punches on the back of Gooden's head. Darryl Strawberry had been in the Mets clubhouse and rushed the field after Daulton but was himself blindsided by Hayes. Of Daulton, Gooden later said, "Daulton was the guy we wanted most. He's a cheap-shot artist. We learned that about him last year", referring to the September 1989 fight. Six players and Phillies coach Mike Ryan were ejected from the game. Eight players were later fined, including the Mets' Tim Teufel, who said, "It was money well spent. Sometimes you just have to defend yourself and your teammates."{{cite news|agency=Associated Press|title=Eight fined for Phillies, Mets brawl|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=yFoNAAAAIBAJ&pg=6688,4548292&dq=fined+phillies+mets|newspaper=Pittsburgh Post-Gazette|page=24|date=August 14, 1990|access-date=July 16, 2009}}

File:John Franco 2008-09-28.jpg threatened to "kick [Lenny Dykstra's] butt" if he crossed the picket line during the 1994–95 Major League Baseball strike.|alt=A man in a white baseball jersey and blue jeans stands on home plate with his arms upraised.]]

The tone of baseball rivalries changed in the early 1990s; fraternization between players who had moved to different teams or knew each other from various ventures kept baseball rivalries to a "friendly" level.{{cite news|title=Rival relationships: Love to hate romance|last=Bradley|first=Jeff|date=July 20, 1993|newspaper=New York Daily News|quote=It's clear that this is the way of sports in the '90s, love conquering all. By now, we're used to opposing...baseball players holding tender reunions around the batting cage...Seems all you ever hear about these days are 'friendly rivalries.'}} However, Major League Baseball's 1994 divisional re-alignment solidified the rivalry between the Phillies and Mets. The Pittsburgh Pirates, former members of the National League East and in-state rivals of the Phillies, moved into the newly created National League Central Division, and the Atlanta Braves, former members of the National League West, entered the division. Prior to the switch, the East Division contained seven teams, spread out over a wider geographical area, including the St. Louis Cardinals and the Chicago Cubs, as well as the expansion Florida Marlins.{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=6-YTAAAAIBAJ&pg=6390,4161911&dq=phillies+mets+rivalry&hl=en|title=Pirates agree to move to new division|date=September 16, 1993|newspaper=Ocala Star-Banner|access-date=October 15, 2009|agency=Associated Press|page=1C}}{{Dead link|date=August 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}

Members of all 28 teams, including the Phillies and Mets, drew together during the 1994 labor stoppage, but players from both teams were on opposite sides of the argument even then. Dykstra claimed that he was losing $30,000 (${{formatnum:{{inflation|US|30000|1995}}}} in current dollars) per day for every day he did not work during the strike.{{cite book|last=Jennings|first=Kenneth M.|title=Swings and misses: moribund labor relations in professional baseball|publisher=Greenwood Publishing Group|year=1997|page=123|isbn=0-275-95797-7 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=sOi2zJxhMb0C&q=effect+of+1994+strike+on+baseball+phillies+mets&pg=PA123}} While other players chastised Dykstra for his comments, Mets pitcher and player representative John Franco intimated that if someone crossed the picket line, as Dykstra suggested, {{" '}}once we get back in I'll be the first to kick his [butt] {{sic}}{{' "}}.

The division-rival Braves defeated the Cleveland Indians in the 1995 World Series; on the way to doing so, they left the rest of the division behind them. The Mets and Phillies finished in second and third places in the division, respectively, with identical 69–75 records; the Braves were the only National League East team to finish above .500.{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/NL/1995.shtml?redir|title=1995 National League Team Statistics and Standings|work=Baseball-Reference.com|access-date=November 19, 2009}} The Mets and Phillies staged a close battle for second place, with New York coming out ahead, taking 7 victories from the 13-game season series.{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/NYM/1995-schedule-scores.shtml|title=1995 New York Mets Schedule, Box Scores and Splits|work=Baseball-Reference.com|access-date=November 19, 2009}}

Both the Mets and Phillies finished near the bottom of the division in 1996: the Mets ended the season in fourth place, with a 71–91 record, while the Phillies finished last (67–95).{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/NL/1996.shtml|title=1996 National League Team Statistics and Standings|work=Baseball-Reference.com|access-date=November 19, 2009}} The Mets took a second consecutive close season series from the Phillies, with an identical 7–6 record to the prior year.{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/PHI/1996-schedule-scores.shtml|title=1996 Philadelphia Phillies Schedule, Box Scores and Splits|work=Baseball-Reference.com|access-date=November 19, 2009}}

The 1997 Mets improved to 88–74, but that record was only good for third place in the division, as the Braves finished with 101 wins and the Marlins, with a record of 92–70, took the National League wild card and won the 1997 World Series.{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/NL/1997.shtml|title=1997 National League Team Statistics and Standings|work=Baseball-Reference.com|access-date=November 19, 2009}} The Phillies, meanwhile, languished in last place behind the Expos, with a 68–94 record, and only managed to take 5 of 12 games from the Mets that season,{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/PHI/1997-schedule-scores.shtml|title=1997 Philadelphia Phillies Schedule, Box Scores and Splits|work=Baseball-Reference.com|access-date=November 19, 2009}} including a September 9 game at Shea Stadium that was a moment of peace in the rivalry to remember former Phillies player and broadcaster and original Met Richie Ashburn, who died that morning.{{cite news|quote=The victory furnished a bittersweet stamp on a somber day that began with wake-up calls informing players of the sudden death of the beloved Ashburn, the Phillies icon who was in his 35th season as one of the club's broadcasters.|title=Brogna's Home Run and Green's Pitching Gem Defeat Mets|date=September 10, 1997|first=Jim|last=Salisbury|newspaper=The Philadelphia Inquirer|page=D1}}{{cite news|title=Phillies 1, Mets 0|date=September 10, 1997|first=Ronald|last=Blum|agency=Associated Press|quote=The Mets played a pregame scoreboard tribute to Ashburn, who played with them in their inaugural season of 1962. The flag was at half staff in his memory, and the Phillies will wear black armbands on their left sleeves for the rest of the season.}}

The 1998 Mets finished in second place, with the Phillies right behind them in third. The Braves finished with the best record in the National League (106 wins), but were unable to make it to the World Series. The Mets finished over .500 for the second straight year, aided by their 8–4 record against the Phillies.{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/NL/1998-standings.shtml|title=1998 National League Standings and Head-to-Head|work=Baseball-Reference.com|access-date=November 19, 2009}}

The standings were identical the next season, as the Mets faced the Braves in the 1999 National League Championship Series; they were defeated, and the Braves lost to the New York Yankees in the ensuing World Series. The Phillies and Mets split the season series, six games each; the Phillies finished under .500 for the sixth consecutive season with a 77–85 record.{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/NL/1999-standings.shtml|title=1999 National League Standings and Head-to-Head|work=Baseball-Reference.com|access-date=November 19, 2009}}

The Mets won the wild card again in 2000, finishing one game behind the Braves in the division and defeating the Cardinals in the League Championship Series to face the Yankees in the 2000 World Series. Though the Phillies finished in last place in the division with a 65–97 record, they defeated the Mets in the season series, 7–6.{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/NL/2000-standings.shtml|title=2000 National League Standings and Head-to-Head|work=Baseball-Reference.com|access-date=November 19, 2009}}

Major League Baseball changed its scheduling format in 2001, further intensifying division matchups throughout the league. The new "unbalanced schedule" allowed for additional games each season between divisional rivals, replacing additional series with teams outside the division.{{cite web|url=http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/baseball/mlb/news/2001/03/20/unbalanced/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010413164304/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/baseball/mlb/news/2001/03/20/unbalanced/|url-status=dead|archive-date=April 13, 2001|title=New schedule will make for some hot division races|last=Donovan|first=John|date=March 21, 2001|work=CNNSI.com|publisher=CNN / Sports Illustrated|access-date=October 15, 2009}} Due to the change, the Phillies and Mets now played each other 17 or more times each season (19 times in 2001).{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/PHI/2001-schedule-scores.shtml|title=2001 Philadelphia Phillies Schedule, Box Scores and Splits|work=Baseball-Reference.com|access-date=October 15, 2009}} Early on, the unbalanced schedule favored the Mets, who had a winning percentage of .540 (27–23) against the division in the 2000 season, while the Phillies managed a .451 mark (23–28); the trend held true in 2001, when the Mets won the season series over the Phillies, 11–8.{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/NYM/2001-schedule-scores.shtml|title=2001 New York Mets Schedule, Box Scores and Splits|work=Baseball-Reference.com|access-date=October 15, 2009}}

The scheduling drew criticism both when it was enacted and after the fact, with some analysts even positing that the unbalanced schedule hurt intra-divisional play.{{cite web|url=http://www.baseballprospectus.com/article.php?articleid=2330|title=Checks and Balances: Looking at the Unbalanced Schedule|last=Click|first=James|date=September 19, 2003|publisher=Baseball Prospectus|access-date=October 15, 2009}} This, however, did not affect the Phillies and Mets, as they drew an average of 27,926 fans to their games in 2001. Attendance for the rivalry games increased in 2002, to 29,403 fans per game, as the Phillies bested the Mets in the season series, 10–9,{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/PHI/2002-schedule-scores.shtml|title=2002 Philadelphia Phillies Schedule, Box Scores and Splits|work=Baseball-Reference.com|access-date=October 15, 2009}} and was strong in 2003, when they drew nearly 28,000 fans per game and the Phillies took their second consecutive season series, 12–7.{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/PHI/2003-schedule-scores.shtml|title=2003 Philadelphia Phillies Schedule, Box Scores and Splits|work=Baseball-Reference.com|access-date=October 15, 2009}}

File:Billy Wagner Pitching crop.jpg (pictured) and Pat Burrell exchanged verbal shots in the media during 2006 and 2007.|alt=A left-handed man in his mid-thirties wearing a black baseball jersey and cap and white baseball pants throws a baseball from a pitcher's mound.]]

The signing of former Phillies closer Billy Wagner by the Mets between the 2005 and 2006 seasons was a factor in the intensification of the rivalry. Pat Burrell and Wagner became embroiled in heated media discussions after Wagner departed the Phillies.{{cite news|url=https://www.espn.com/mlb/news/story?id=2439358|title=Wagner has no regrets over comments|date=May 9, 2006|work=ESPN.com|agency=Associated Press|access-date=March 6, 2009}}

For the first time in 2006, both franchises fielded contenders until deep into the season. The Mets steadily led the NL East (finally supplanting the decade-long division champions, the Atlanta Braves), while the Phillies maintained pace as a wild card contender until the very end of the season. The Mets won the head-to-head season matchup, beating the Phillies 11 out of 18 times.{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/PHI/2006-schedule-scores.shtml|title=2006 Philadelphia Phillies Schedule, Box Scores and Splits|work=Baseball-Reference.com|access-date=November 27, 2009}} The Mets won the division, but lost to the St. Louis Cardinals in the 2006 National League Championship Series.{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/NL/2006.shtml|title=2006 National League Team Statistics and Standings|work=Baseball-Reference.com|access-date=November 27, 2009}}

File:Jimmy Rollins.JPG stated the Phillies were the team to beat during the 2007 preseason.|alt=A dark-skinned man in a red baseball jersey and red left-handed batting helmet walks on a baseball field; he appears to be in his mid-twenties. His jersey reads "Phillies" in white and red script, with two blue starts dotting the "i"s.]]

{{see also|2007 New York Mets season|2007 Philadelphia Phillies season}}

On January 23, 2007, Phillies shortstop Jimmy Rollins made a statement that may have set the rivalry in a dead heat: "I think we are the team to beat in the NL East… but that's only on paper."{{cite web|url=https://www.usatoday.com/sports/baseball/nl/2009-03-05-nleast-cover_N.htm|title=Battle lines drawn: Who gets the last word in the NL East?|last=White|first=Paul|date=March 6, 2009|work=USA Today|access-date=March 6, 2009}} Many Mets fans and players laughed at the prediction, especially once the Phillies stumbled out of the gate in April, starting the season at 1–6 and posting an 11–14 record for the month.{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/PHI/2007_sched.shtml|title=2007 Philadelphia Phillies Schedule|work=Baseball-Reference.com|access-date=March 6, 2009}} The Mets, meanwhile, sat firmly in the NL East lead for almost all of the season.{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/NYM/2007_sched.shtml|title=2007 New York Mets Schedule|work=Baseball-Reference.com|access-date=March 6, 2009}}

As the season wore on, Philadelphia developed momentum as a wild-card contender. The Phillies dominated the Mets in head-to-head play, posting three separate series sweeps, including a pivotal sweep of a four-game series at Citizens Bank Park in Philadelphia during late August which included two walk-off hits by Chase Utley and Ryan Howard and comeback victories for the Phillies in three of the four games. During the season, Burrell also hit two home runs off Wagner, resulting in two blown saves.{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/pi/b-pvb.cgi?n1=burrepa01#choice=&throws=&minPA2=0&minPA=0&orderbydir=DESC&orderbydirb=ASC&n1=burrepa01&as=batter&year_game=2007&opp_id=&orderby=Name&orderbyb=PA|title=Pat Burrell vs. Pitchers for 2007|work=Baseball-Reference.com Play Index|access-date=March 6, 2009}}

By the time Philadelphia swept the Mets at Shea Stadium in mid-September, the Phillies were threatening to move from wild-card contender to division leader. With 17 games left to play, the Mets led the Phillies by seven games; during that final stretch, the Mets won only five games and lost twelve, while the Phillies went 13–4. On the final day of the season, the Phillies won the division, backing up Rollins' quote. Mets starter Tom Glavine gave up seven runs in the first inning to the Florida Marlins,{{cite web|url=http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/2007/B09300NYN2007.htm|title=Florida Marlins 8, New York Mets 1|publisher=Retrosheet, Inc|access-date=March 6, 2009}} while the Phillies beat the Washington Nationals (who had made a significant contribution to the Phillies' comeback, having gone 5–1 against the Mets during that span) behind Eastern Pennsylvania native Jamie Moyer to win the division for the first time since 1993.{{cite web|url=http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/2007/B09300PHI2007.htm|title=Philadelphia Phillies 6, Washington Nationals 1|publisher=Retrosheet, Inc|access-date=March 6, 2009}}

Rollins capped his prediction by adding his first career Most Valuable Player award.{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/awards/awards_2007.shtml#NLmvp|title=Baseball Awards Voting for 2007|work=Baseball-Reference.com|access-date=March 6, 2009}} According to Baseball Prospectus, the Mets' collapse over the end of the season ranked statistically as the second-worst in baseball history.{{cite web|url=http://www.baseballprospectus.com/article.php?articleid=6764|title=Lies, Damned Lies: Blowing It|last=Silver|first=Nate|publisher=Baseball Prospectus|access-date=March 6, 2009}} After the 2007 season, Wagner also said that "[the] collapse didn't come because the Phillies beat us, the collapse came because we played bad".{{cite web|url=https://www.espn.com/mlb/columns/story?columnist=klapisch_bob&id=3334995|title=Phillies-Mets rivalry building in intensity|last=Klapisch|first=Bob|date=April 8, 2008|publisher=ESPN|access-date=June 15, 2009}}

File:Carlos Beltrán.jpg responded to Jimmy Rollins' comment again during Spring training in 2008.|alt=A man in his early thirties wearing a blue warm-up jacket and blue baseball cap rides on a motorized cart. His jacket has black stripes on the arms and "NY" in black on the breast.]]

{{see also|2008 New York Mets season|2008 Philadelphia Phillies season}}

On February 16, 2008, Mets center fielder Carlos Beltrán made a statement regarding the upcoming season. He stated that {{nowrap|"[without]}} Santana, we felt, as a team, that we had a chance to win in our division. With him now, I have no doubt that we're going to win in our division. I have no doubt in that. We've got what it takes. To Jimmy Rollins: We are the team to beat."{{cite web|url=http://newyork.mets.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20080216&content_id=2375631&vkey=spt2008news&fext=.jsp&c_id=nym|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080218110116/http://newyork.mets.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20080216&content_id=2375631&vkey=spt2008news&fext=.jsp&c_id=nym|url-status=dead|archive-date=February 18, 2008|title=Beltran to Rollins: 'We're team to beat'|last=DiComo|first=Anthony|date=February 16, 2008|work=Mets.MLB.com|access-date=October 15, 2008}} Inasmuch as Beltran had imitated Rollins' 2007 preseason prediction, Rollins arrived in camp for Spring training and responded:

"There isn't a team in the National League that's better than us. The pressure's back on them if you ask me. They were on paper the best team in the division last year and they were supposed to win, and they didn’t. One, there are four other teams in our division who are going to make sure that doesn't happen, and two, has anyone ever heard of plagiarism? That was pretty good, especially coming from him. He's a quiet guy, so it was probably shocking when he said it. Not shocking in a bad way, like 'Wow, I can't believe he said that.' More like, 'Wow, he finally said something because he's a leader on that team and you definitely need to be a vocal leader."{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/21/sports/baseball/21phillies.html?_r=1&ref=baseball|title=The Oracle of the Phillies Has the Last Words|last=Schwarz|first=Alan|date=February 21, 2008|work=The New York Times|access-date=January 19, 2009}}

Throughout most of the season, the Phillies and Mets battled each other for the NL East lead, along with the Florida Marlins. Going into the final season series between the two teams, former Phillie and special hitting instructor Mike Schmidt fanned the flames of the rivalry with an e-mail to manager Charlie Manuel, later posted for the entire team in the clubhouse.{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/06/sports/baseball/06phillies.html|title=Voice From Phillies' Past Tries to Unsettle Mets|date=September 6, 2008|first=Jack|last=Curry|newspaper=The New York Times|page=D5|author-link=Jack Curry|access-date=June 9, 2012}}

"One pitch, one at bat, one play, one situation, think ‘small’ and ‘big’ things result, tough at-bats, lots of walks, stay up the middle with men on base, whatever it takes to ‘keep the line moving’ on offense, 27 outs on defense, the Mets know you’re better than they are… They remember last year. You guys are never out of a game. Welcome the challenge that confronts you this weekend. You are the stars. Good luck. #20."

Mets players reacted quickly; David Wright replied, "To each his own. He's obviously biased in his e-mails or letters. I see a starting pitcher that goes out there and throws like Brett Myers – that works much better than a rally cry from a former player."{{cite news|url=https://www.espn.com/mlb/news/story?id=3572063|title=Myers, Phillies 'better' than Mets in series opener|last=Nelson|first=Amy K.|date=September 5, 2008|publisher=ESPN|access-date=November 25, 2009}} This response came a day after Myers defeated the Mets 3–0, throwing eight shutout innings and striking out ten. The Mets won the season series 11–7.

After the final season series, the Mets held onto first place until September 16, when a September surge moved the Phillies into first place.{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/PHI/2008_sched.shtml|title=2008 Philadelphia Phillies Schedule|work=Baseball-Reference.com|access-date=March 6, 2009|archive-date=August 11, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080811230810/http://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/PHI/2008_sched.shtml|url-status=dead}} On September 19, however, the Phillies lost to the Florida Marlins while the Mets beat the Atlanta Braves to put New York back into the division lead.{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/NYM/2008_sched.shtml|title=2008 New York Mets Schedule|work=Baseball-Reference.com|access-date=March 6, 2009}} The results were reversed the following night, and the Phillies regained the top spot, where they would ultimately finish.

The Phillies won the National League East on September 27, while the Mets were eliminated from postseason contention the next day with a 4–2 loss to the Florida Marlins in the final game at Shea Stadium.{{cite web|url=http://www.qgazette.com/news/2008/1001/sports/037.html|title=Mets Lose Final game At Shea|last=Miller|first=Dan|date=October 1, 2008|work=Queens Gazette|access-date=March 6, 2009}} The Milwaukee Brewers defeated the Chicago Cubs that day to clinch the National League wild card. This marked the second year in a row the Mets were eliminated from the playoffs on the last regular-season game. It also marked the first time in baseball history that a team had lost the last game of the season to miss the playoffs after holding a three-game lead in two consecutive seasons.{{cite web|url=https://www.usatoday.com/sports/baseball/dailypitch/2008-09-29-extra-day_N.htm|title=Extra innings for baseball's regular season|last=Antonen|first=Mel|date=September 29, 2008|work=USA Today|access-date=November 1, 2008}}

After victories over the Brewers and the Los Angeles Dodgers in the postseason, the Phillies went on to win the World Series over the Tampa Bay Rays.{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/postseason/2008_WS.shtml|title=2008 World Series|work=Baseball-Reference.com|access-date=March 6, 2009}}

File:Cole Hamels pitching 2010.jpg called the Mets "choke artists" after the Phillies' 2008 World Series victory.|alt=A left-handed man wearing a white baseball uniform and red baseball cap prepares to throw a baseball from a pitcher's mound.]]

During the team's post-parade celebration on October 31 at Citizens Bank Park, Jimmy Rollins took verbal shots at the Mets organization. "A lot of things were made in the offseason", Rollins said. "We can talk about the New York Mets. They brought in that great pitcher, Johan Santana, but they forgot that it takes more than one player to bring home a championship."{{cite web|url=http://www.nypost.com/seven/10312008/sports/mets/rollins_takes_shot_at_mets_136236.htm|title=Phils' Rollins rips Mets|date=October 31, 2008|work=New York Post|access-date=December 12, 2008|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081103104223/http://www.nypost.com/seven/10312008/sports/mets/rollins_takes_shot_at_mets_136236.htm|archive-date=November 3, 2008}}

Nearing the end of 2008 and the thick of the offseason, World Series MVP Cole Hamels was asked by WFAN radio hosts whether he considered the Mets "choke artists". Hamels replied, "For the past two years they've been choke artists."{{cite web|url=http://philadelphia.phillies.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20081211&content_id=3714026&vkey=news_phi&fext=.jsp&c_id=phi|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081214202429/http://philadelphia.phillies.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20081211&content_id=3714026&vkey=news_phi&fext=.jsp&c_id=phi|url-status=dead|archive-date=December 14, 2008|title=Phils' Hamels fires a salvo at Mets|last=Noble|first=Marty|date=December 11, 2008|work=MLB.com|access-date=December 12, 2008}} He explained that he considered Mets shortstop José Reyes a showboater for his post-home run displays, and that the Mets had mocked Phillies center fielder Shane Victorino for similar antics during the National League Division Series.

On December 13, newly signed Mets closer Francisco Rodríguez added his sentiments to the fray. "Of course we're going to be the frontrunner. Of course we're going to be the team to beat", Rodriguez told reporters. "I don't want there to be a controversy. I don't want the other team to take it personally, or take it in a bad way. But I'm a really competitive guy. I like to win. If they ask me, 'Oh, which ballclub is going to win the National League East?' It's going to be the Mets. Easy question."{{cite web|url=https://www.espn.com/mlb/news/story?id=3767033|title=K-Rod says Mets will win NL East|date=December 13, 2008|agency=Associated Press|work=ESPN.com|access-date=July 6, 2012}}

{{Multiple image|footer=Pedro Martínez, who pitched for the Mets from 2005 to 2008, signed with the Phillies in 2009.|width1=200|image1=Pedro Martínez 2008.jpg|alt1=A man in his late thirties wearing a gray baseball uniform and black baseball cap follows through after throwing a baseball with his right hand from a pitcher's mound.|image2=Pedro Martínez on September 8, 2009.jpg|width2=190|alt2=The same man as above in a gray baseball uniform and red baseball cap throws a baseball with his right hand from a pitcher's mound.}}

{{see also|2009 New York Mets season|2009 Philadelphia Phillies season|2010 New York Mets season|2010 Philadelphia Phillies season}}

Throughout the first few months of the 2009 season the Mets and Phillies looked as though they would make this year into another close playoff race. By the end of May the Mets had won three out of the four games they played against each other; however, the Phillies retained a half-game lead.{{cite web|url=http://philadelphia.phillies.mlb.com/news/boxscore.jsp?gid=2009_05_01_nynmlb_phimlb_1|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121009223637/http://philadelphia.phillies.mlb.com/news/boxscore.jsp?gid=2009_05_01_nynmlb_phimlb_1|url-status=dead|archive-date=October 9, 2012|title=Boxscore: NY Mets 7, Philadelphia 4|date=May 1, 2009|publisher=Major League Baseball|access-date=May 2, 2009}}{{cite web|url=http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/gameday/index.jsp?gid=2009_05_02_nynmlb_phimlb_1&mode=gameday|title=NY Mets vs. Philadelphia – May 2, 2009|date=May 2, 2009|publisher=Major League Baseball|access-date=May 2, 2009}}{{cite web|url=http://philadelphia.phillies.mlb.com/news/wrap.jsp?ymd=20090506&content_id=4588224&vkey=wrapup2005&fext=.jsp&team=away&c_id=phi|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090605065040/http://philadelphia.phillies.mlb.com/news/wrap.jsp?ymd=20090506&content_id=4588224&vkey=wrapup2005&fext=.jsp&team=away&c_id=phi|url-status=dead|archive-date=June 5, 2009|title=Park sharp in loss|last=Zolecki|first=Todd|date=May 6, 2009|website=Philadelphia Phillies|publisher=MLB|access-date=May 8, 2009}}{{cite web|url=http://philadelphia.phillies.mlb.com/news/wrap.jsp?ymd=20090507&content_id=4609304&vkey=wrapup2005&fext=.jsp&team=away&c_id=phi|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090605083828/http://philadelphia.phillies.mlb.com/news/wrap.jsp?ymd=20090507&content_id=4609304&vkey=wrapup2005&fext=.jsp&team=away&c_id=phi|url-status=dead|archive-date=June 5, 2009|title=Vet denied No. 250|last=Zolecki|first=Todd|date=May 7, 2009|website=Philadelphia Phillies|publisher=MLB|access-date=May 8, 2009}} Both clubs struggled in June as the Phillies slumped and New York was plagued by injuries. By the end of June the Phillies had increased their division lead, but only to two and a half games.

This closeness would not continue, however, as the Phillies went on to finish with a 93–69 record, winning the division and securing the second seed in the playoffs. The Mets, on the other hand, went 33–53 from July through September and finished fourth in the NL East, 23 games behind. The Phillies would go on to win the National League Pennant for the second year in a row, but would lose the World Series in six-games to the Mets' cross-town rivals, the New York Yankees.

One notable occurrence during the 2009 season was the Phillies adding former Mets pitcher Pedro Martínez.{{cite web|url=http://philadelphia.phillies.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20090715&content_id=5885108&vkey=news_phi&fext=.jsp&c_id=phi|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090718072348/http://philadelphia.phillies.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20090715&content_id=5885108&vkey=news_phi&fext=.jsp&c_id=phi|url-status=dead|archive-date=July 18, 2009|title=New Phillie Pedro out to add to 'legacy'|first=Todd|last=Zolecki|work=MLB.com|date=July 15, 2009|access-date=June 9, 2012|publisher=Phillies.MLB.com}} Martinez posted a 3.63 ERA with a 5–1 record. In his one start against the Mets, he threw six innings and gave up four earned runs.{{cite news |first=David|last=Gurian-Peck|title=Phils back Pedro in NY, win on rare feat |url=http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20090823&content_id=6571854&vkey=recap&fext=.jsp&c_id=phi|publisher=Major League Baseball |date=August 23, 2009|access-date=August 24, 2009}}

In 2010, after leading the division standing by the end of April, the Mets again began to struggle. The Mets would not hold first place at any point after May 1, although they came close in mid-June. By the end of the season the Mets had finished 18 games behind the first place Phillies. For its part, Philadelphia was mainly engaged in a fierce division race with the Atlanta Braves, trailing them as late in the season as September 6. However, Philadelphia would surge at the end of the month and once again be crowned division champs. 2010 ultimately served as a disappointment for the Mets–Phillies rivalry.

File:MG 3426 Shane Victorino.jpg broke the news of the killing of Osama bin Laden during a game between the teams. During the 2011–2012 offseason, he saw the teams' hockey counterparts square off at the 2012 NHL Winter Classic.|alt=A man in a gray baseball jersey having just removed his red batting helmet at first base. His jersey reads "Phillies" in white and red script and has a number "8" on the left sleeve.]]

{{see also|2011 New York Mets season|2011 Philadelphia Phillies season|2012 New York Mets season|2012 Philadelphia Phillies season}}

In 2011, the Phillies won the season series against the Mets, winning 11 of 18 games.{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/NYM/2011-schedule-scores.shtml|title=2011 New York Mets Schedule, Box Scores and Splits|access-date=April 1, 2011|work=baseball-reference.com}}{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/PHI/2011-schedule-scores.shtml|title=2011 Philadelphia Phillies Schedule, Box Scores and Splits|access-date=April 1, 2011|work=baseball-reference.com}} The Phillies set a record for wins in a season with 102, surpassing the previous record of 101, set back-to-back in 1976 and 1977, while the Mets finished 25 games out of first place at 77–85, in fourth place and missed the playoffs for the fifth straight year.

{{see also|Killing of Osama bin Laden}}

The game on May 1 in Philadelphia became a moment of unity in the rivalry between fans during the top of the ninth inning. Mets' Daniel Murphy was batting as a pinch-hitter against Phillies' reliever Ryan Madson when the fans started chanting "U-S-A!"{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/02/nyregion/amid-cheers-a-message-they-will-be-caught.html?ref=todayspaper&pagewanted=print|title=Amid Cheers, a Message: 'They Will Be Caught'|date=May 2, 2011|access-date=May 2, 2011|first=Elizabeth A.|last=Harris|newspaper=The New York Times|page=A1}}{{cite web|url=https://www.espn.com/new-york/mlb/news/story?id=6463361|title=Phillies crowd erupts in 'U-S-A' cheers|date=May 2, 2011|access-date=May 2, 2011|first=Adam|last=Rubin|work=ESPNNewYork.com}} The Phillies didn't know the reason for the chants, but in the Mets' dugout, bench coach Ken Oberkfell told Manager Terry Collins that al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden, the mastermind of the September 11 attacks, had been killed by United States special operations forces in Abbottabad, Pakistan. Shane Victorino later told the Phillies the news.

However, when asked how they learned about it during an on-air telephone call with Mike and Mike in the Morning on ESPN Radio the next day, he said that a trainer in the dugout broke the news. Ryan Howard called the news "an uplifting moment,"{{cite web|title=Philadelphia freedom: Game takes backseat|url=http://newyork.mets.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20110501&content_id=18479234&vkey=news_nym&c_id=nym|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110506142651/http://newyork.mets.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20110501&content_id=18479234&vkey=news_nym&c_id=nym|url-status=dead|archive-date=May 6, 2011|date=May 2, 2011|access-date=May 2, 2011|first=Todd|last=Zolecki|work=Mets.MLB.com}} while Victorino said it was "a special moment...for families...who...lost their loved ones...(on) 9/11" and "a big day in American history." On the Mets' side, David Wright called it "just an incredible moment and...you kind of come together...for a common cause", while Collins said that the Mets 2–1, 14-inning win behind Ronny Paulino's game-winning RBI double in his Mets debut was "a good win for us, and obviously a huge win for America tonight", but felt they "could have finished the game two hours ago and celebrated a little bit of it."{{cite web|url=http://newyork.mets.mlb.com/mlb/gameday/index.jsp?gid=2011_05_01_nynmlb_phimlb_1&mode=recap&c_id=nym|title=Paulino leads Mets past Phils on emotional night|date=May 2, 2011|access-date=May 5, 2011|first=Anthony|last=DiComo|work=Mets.MLB.com}}{{dead link|date=October 2024|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}

Mike Lopresti of USA Today called the game between the rivals "a perfect fit" when the news broke,{{cite news|title=A time for reflection, reaction—Bin Laden's death stirs memories of 9/11's impact on athletes and events|date=May 3, 2011|first=Mike|last=Lopresti|newspaper=USA Today|page=1C|quote=A chanting ballpark will forever be part of Sunday night's legacy. The news rolled through Citizens Bank Park like the wave, and the Philadelphia Phillies opponent was a perfect fit. They were playing the New York Mets, whose Shea Stadium parking lot was used as a staging area for 9/11 emergency supplies.}} while Adam Rubin of ESPNNewYork.com called the peace in the rivalry "fitting" for a Mets fan, and said that it drew parallels to their 3–2 win over rival Atlanta Braves on September 21, 2001 in the first major sporting event in New York City since the attacks.

{{seealso|Flyers–Rangers rivalry|2012 NHL Winter Classic}}

On September 26, 2011, the day after the teams' final meeting of the season,{{cite web|url=http://philadelphia.phillies.mlb.com/mlb/gameday/index.jsp?gid=2011_09_25_phimlb_nynmlb_1&mode=recap&c_id=phi|title=Phils break out to back Doc's 19th win|first=Todd|last=Zolecki|work=MLB.com|access-date=June 8, 2012|publisher=Phillies.MLB.com|date=September 25, 2011}}{{dead link|date=October 2024|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}} the National Hockey League formally announced that the rivalry would be played out at Citizens Bank Park during the offseason at the 2012 NHL Winter Classic on January 2, saying it would be a showdown between the teams' hockey counterparts, the New York Rangers and the Philadelphia Flyers.{{cite web|url=http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=589909|title=Flyers to host the Rangers in the 2012 Bridgestone NHL Winter Classic Jan. 2 at Citizens Bank Park|access-date=September 26, 2011|work=NHL.com|publisher=National Hockey League|first=Dan|last=Rosen|date=September 26, 2011}}{{cite web|url=http://philadelphia.phillies.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20110926&content_id=25223296&vkey=news_phi&c_id=phi|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110927172755/http://philadelphia.phillies.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20110926&content_id=25223296&vkey=news_phi&c_id=phi|url-status=dead|archive-date=September 27, 2011|title=Citizens Bank Park to Host 2012 Winter Classic|date=September 26, 2011|access-date=September 26, 2011|first=Cash|last=Kruth|work=MLB.com|publisher=Phillies.MLB.com}} Shane Victorino attended the game, which the Rangers came from behind to win, 3–2, which MLB.com said that "just like the Mets–Phillies rivalry, being able to come back and steal a game on the road was quite sweet," and said of the rivalry being played out: "What better rivalry than this? Both these teams, they're in first place (in the Atlantic Division). I'm excited to see it."{{cite web|url=http://philadelphia.phillies.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20120102&content_id=26253488&vkey=news_phi&c_id=phi|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120109081306/http://philadelphia.phillies.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20120102&content_id=26253488&vkey=news_phi&c_id=phi|url-status=dead|archive-date=January 9, 2012|title=NHL makes memories at Citizens Bank Park|first=Andy|last=Jasner|work=MLB.com|date=January 2, 2012|access-date=June 8, 2012|publisher=Phillies.MLB.com}}

During the {{mlby|2012}} season, the Mets beat the Phillies ten times,{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/NYM/2012-schedule-scores.shtml|title=2012 New York Mets Schedule, Box Scores and Splits|access-date=May 31, 2012|work=baseball-reference.com}}{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/PHI/2012-schedule-scores.shtml|title=2012 Philadelphia Phillies Schedule, Box Scores and Splits|access-date=May 31, 2012|work=baseball-reference.com}} including a sweep of a three-game series at Citizens Bank Park in early May in which they came from behind to win each game in the late innings.{{cite web|url=http://newyork.mets.mlb.com/mlb/gameday/index.jsp?gid=2012_05_09_nynmlb_phimlb_1&mode=recap&c_id=nym|title=Rallying thrice, Mets drop hammer for sweep|date=May 9, 2012|access-date=May 31, 2012|first=Anthony|last=DiComo|work=Mets.MLB.com}}{{dead link|date=October 2024|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}} In 2013, the Mets clubhouse store in New York City started selling shirts saying, "My Ex-Wife is a Philles fan", while MLB Network aired a MasterCard/StandUp2Cancer commercial featuring Phille Phanatic and Mr. Met.

In {{mlby|2014}}, the Mets and the Phillies met in a rare 5-game regular-season series at Citizens Bank Park. The Mets took 4 out of 5 games. Three straight games were decided in extras, with the Phillies walking off 6–5 in 14 in Game 2 and the Mets winning 5–4 in 14 and 4–3 in 11 in Games 3 and 4 respectively.

In 2015, the Phillies entered a rebuilding phase, trading away former stars Cole Hamels and Chase Utley mid-season.{{cite web|last1=Sullivan|first1=T.R.|title=Rangers Trade For Cole Hamels|url=https://www.mlb.com/news/rangers-trade-for-cole-hamels-c139592234|website=mlb.com|access-date=4 January 2016}}{{cite web|last1=Jaffe|first1=Jay|title=Finally ready to depart Phillies, Chase Utley returns to roots with Dodgers|url=https://www.si.com/mlb/2015/08/20/chase-utley-traded-los-angeles-dodgers#|website=si.com|access-date=4 January 2016}} The Phillies would go on to a last place finish in the National League East, losing 99 games on the season, while the Mets would go on and win the National League East title.{{cite web|title=2015 Philadelphia Phillies|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/PHI/2015.shtml}}{{cite news|title=Mets clinch NL East title as Lucas Duda hits grand slam, David Wright adds homer in 10-2 win over Reds|url=http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/baseball/mets/amazin-mets-clinch-nl-east-title-10-2-win-reds-article-1.2375810|date=September 27, 2015|newspaper=New York Daily News|first=Kristie|last=Ackert}}

While the rivalry was somewhat subdued by the lopsidedness of the two teams records, the rivalry did provide some moments. On April 15, Mets pitcher Matt Harvey drilled Chase Utley in the back, after a few Mets pitchers had been hit by the Phillies. On August 25, during a game at Citizens Bank Park Phillies coach Larry Bowa started yelling out of the dugout after a quick pitch by then-Mets reliever Hansel Robles while Darin Ruf was in the box not looking up and not ready for the pitch. Bowa also yelled at Mets 1st baseman Daniel Murphy over a perceived slight by Murphy's bat flip earlier in the game during a home run. Benches cleared as Bowa threatened Murphy with retaliation and was ultimately ejected from the game.

The Mets played in the NLDS against the Los Angeles Dodgers whose roster featured former Phillies players Jimmy Rollins and Chase Utley. The series featured a contentious slide in Game 2 by Utley at 2nd base, injuring Mets shortstop Rubén Tejada. The fallout created controversy on take out slides at 2nd and Utley was suspended for two games.{{cite web|last1=Saxon|first1=Mark|title=Chase Utley suspended 2 games for slide into Ruben Tejada, will appeal|url=https://www.espn.com/mlb/playoffs2015/story/_/id/13866872/chase-utley-suspended-2-games-slide-broke-ruben-tejada-leg|website=espn.com|access-date=4 January 2016}}{{cite web|title=Utley's hearing on suspension appeal postponed|url=http://m.mlb.com/news/article/154942016/dodgers-chase-utleys-appeal-hearing-postponed|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151022165128/http://m.mlb.com/news/article/154942016/dodgers-chase-utleys-appeal-hearing-postponed|url-status=dead|archive-date=October 22, 2015|website=mlb.com|access-date=4 January 2016}} Mets fans booed Utley loudly during the pregame for Game 3 at Citi Field, and chanted "We want Utley" after the Mets took a 10–3 lead during the game.{{cite web|last1=Ackert|first1=Kristie|title=Mets fans douse Chase Utley with boos at Citi Field, Dodgers' villain stays on bench|url=http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/baseball/mets/mets-fans-boo-chase-utley-not-play-article-1.2395042|website=NY Daily News|access-date=4 January 2016}} However Utley did not appear again in the series until late in Game 5 and the Mets won the series, and eventually won the NLCS for the pennant. New York would go on to lose the World Series to the Kansas City Royals in five games.

On April 29, 2022, the Mets threw a combined no-hitter against the Phillies, with Tylor Megill, Drew Smith, Joely Rodríguez, Seth Lugo, and Edwin Díaz completing the effort.{{cite web|url=https://www.cbssports.com/mlb/news/mets-pitch-no-hitter-vs-phillies-tylor-megill-and-four-new-york-pitchers-combine-for-first-no-no-of-2022/live/|title=Phillies: Tylor Megill and four New York pitchers combine for first no-no of 2022|work=CBS Sports|date=April 29, 2022}} This was the first of two combined no-hitters against the Phillies during their pennant season.{{cite news|last=Kilgore |first=Adam |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2022/11/02/astros-phillies-world-series-game-4/ |title=World Series Game 4 highlights and analysis |newspaper=The Washington Post |access-date=November 3, 2022|date=November 3, 2022}} The Mets and the Phillies made the postseason in the same season for the first time, but the Mets lost in the National League Wild Card Series to the San Diego Padres while the Phillies lost to the Houston Astros in the World Series.{{citation needed|date=October 2024}}

When the Mets unveiled NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital as its uniform sponsor for the season, team owner Steve Cohen complained that the colors of the patch were "Phillie colors", in reference to the hospital's red and white color scheme. The patch was eventually reworked to the Mets' blue, orange and white color scheme.{{cite news|url=https://apnews.com/article/mets-patch-phillie-colors-uniform-e70ebd2edfb5fb2da9c94bb00ac50e7e |title=Cohen: Mets to change ‘Phillie colors’ ad patch on uniform |website=Associated Press |access-date=May 26, 2023|date=April 8, 2023}}

{{see also|2024 New York Mets season|2024 Philadelphia Phillies season|MLB London Series}}

On June 8–9, the two rivals faced each other in the 2024 MLB London Series; the Phillies won the first game 7–2 and the Mets won the second game 6–5.{{cite news |last= |first= |date= June 9, 2024|title= Mets beat Phillies to draw two-game London Series |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/baseball/articles/cj55n8d8j9vo.amp |work=BBC Sport |location= |access-date=July 5, 2024}} In 2024, the Phillies won 7 games against the Mets and the Mets won 6 against the Phillies.[https://www.cbsnews.com/philadelphia/news/phillies-vs-mets-nlds-schedule-2024/ Philadelphia Phillies facing New York Mets in NLDS. Here's what you need to know.], CBS News, October 8, 2024

{{see also|2024 National League Division Series}}

The Mets and Phillies met in the 2024 National League Division Series, their first ever postseason series. The Mets won the series in 4 games, 3–1.{{cite web|last=DiComo |first=Anthony |title=Mets clinch 1st NLCS trip since 2015 on go-ahead slam by Lindor |url=https://www.mlb.com/news/mets-win-nlds-2024 |website=MLB.com |date=October 9, 2024 |access-date=October 9, 2024}}

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| style="{{Baseball primary style|Philadelphia Phillies}};" | 14{{nbnd}}4

| style="{{Baseball primary style|Philadelphia Phillies}};" | Phillies, 7{{nbnd}}2

| style="{{Baseball primary style|Philadelphia Phillies}};" | Phillies, 7{{nbnd}}2

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| Phillies take a 3–2 lead on May 4 in the series, a lead they would never relinquish.

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| style="{{Baseball primary style|Philadelphia Phillies}};" | Phillies

| style="{{Baseball primary style|Philadelphia Phillies}};" | 10{{nbnd}}8

| style="{{Baseball primary style|New York Mets}};" | Mets, 6{{nbnd}}3

| style="{{Baseball primary style|Philadelphia Phillies}};" | Phillies, 7{{nbnd}}2

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24{{nbnd}}12

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| style="{{Baseball primary style|Philadelphia Phillies}};" | Phillies

| style="{{Baseball primary style|Philadelphia Phillies}};" | 15{{nbnd}}3

| style="{{Baseball primary style|Philadelphia Phillies}};" | Phillies, 7{{nbnd}}2

| style="{{Baseball primary style|Philadelphia Phillies}};" | Phillies, 8{{nbnd}}1

| style="{{Baseball primary style|Philadelphia Phillies}};" | Phillies
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| style="{{Baseball primary style|Philadelphia Phillies}};" | Phillies

| style="{{Baseball primary style|Philadelphia Phillies}};" | 11{{nbnd}}7

| style="{{Baseball primary style|Philadelphia Phillies}};" | Phillies, 6{{nbnd}}3

| style="{{Baseball primary style|Philadelphia Phillies}};" | Phillies, 5{{nbnd}}4

| style="{{Baseball primary style|Philadelphia Phillies}};" | Phillies
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| {{mlby|1966}}

| style="{{Baseball primary style|Philadelphia Phillies}};" | Phillies

| style="{{Baseball primary style|Philadelphia Phillies}};" | 11{{nbnd}}7

| style="{{Baseball primary style|Philadelphia Phillies}};" | Phillies, 8{{nbnd}}1

| style="{{Baseball primary style|New York Mets}};" | Mets, 6{{nbnd}}3

| style="{{Baseball primary style|Philadelphia Phillies}};" | Phillies
61{{nbnd}}29

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| {{mlby|1967}}

| style="{{Baseball primary style|Philadelphia Phillies}};" | Phillies

| style="{{Baseball primary style|Philadelphia Phillies}};" | 14{{nbnd}}4

| style="{{Baseball primary style|Philadelphia Phillies}};" | Phillies, 8{{nbnd}}1

| style="{{Baseball primary style|Philadelphia Phillies}};" | Phillies, 6{{nbnd}}3

| style="{{Baseball primary style|Philadelphia Phillies}};" | Phillies
75{{nbnd}}33

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| {{mlby|1968}}

| style="{{Baseball primary style|Philadelphia Phillies}};" | Phillies

| style="{{Baseball primary style|Philadelphia Phillies}};" | 10{{nbnd}}8

| style="{{Baseball primary style|Philadelphia Phillies}};" | Phillies, 6{{nbnd}}3

| style="{{Baseball primary style|New York Mets}};" | Mets, 5{{nbnd}}4

| style="{{Baseball primary style|Philadelphia Phillies}};" | Phillies
85{{nbnd}}41

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| {{mlby|1969}}

| style="{{Baseball primary style|New York Mets}};" | Mets

| style="{{Baseball primary style|New York Mets}};" | 12{{nbnd}}6

| style="{{Baseball primary style|New York Mets}};" | Mets, 5{{nbnd}}4

| style="{{Baseball primary style|New York Mets}};" | Mets, 7{{nbnd}}2

| style="{{Baseball primary style|Philadelphia Phillies}};" | Phillies
91{{nbnd}}53

| Mets win 1969 World Series

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| style="{{Baseball primary style|New York Mets}};" | 13{{nbnd}}5

| style="{{Baseball primary style|New York Mets}};" | Mets, 6{{nbnd}}3

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| style="{{Baseball primary style|New York Mets}};" | 13{{nbnd}}5

| style="{{Baseball primary style|New York Mets}};" | Mets, 7{{nbnd}}2

| style="{{Baseball primary style|New York Mets}};" | Mets, 6{{nbnd}}3

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101{{nbnd}}79

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| style="{{Baseball primary style|New York Mets}};" | 13{{nbnd}}5

| style="{{Baseball primary style|New York Mets}};" | Mets, 5{{nbnd}}4

| style="{{Baseball primary style|New York Mets}};" | Mets, 8{{nbnd}}1

| style="{{Baseball primary style|Philadelphia Phillies}};" | Phillies
106{{nbnd}}92

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| 9{{nbnd}}9

| style="{{Baseball primary style|New York Mets}};" | Mets, 6{{nbnd}}3

| style="{{Baseball primary style|Philadelphia Phillies}};" | Phillies, 6{{nbnd}}3

| style="{{Baseball primary style|Philadelphia Phillies}};" | Phillies
115{{nbnd}}101

| Mets lose 1973 World Series

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| style="{{Baseball primary style|Philadelphia Phillies}};" | 11{{nbnd}}7

| style="{{Baseball primary style|Philadelphia Phillies}};" | Phillies, 5{{nbnd}}4

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| style="{{Baseball primary style|Philadelphia Phillies}};" | Phillies
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| style="{{Baseball primary style|Philadelphia Phillies}};" | 11{{nbnd}}7

| style="{{Baseball primary style|Philadelphia Phillies}};" | Phillies, 5{{nbnd}}4

| style="{{Baseball primary style|Philadelphia Phillies}};" | Phillies, 6{{nbnd}}3

| style="{{Baseball primary style|Philadelphia Phillies}};" | Phillies
137{{nbnd}}115

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| style="{{Baseball primary style|Philadelphia Phillies}};" | Phillies

| style="{{Baseball primary style|Philadelphia Phillies}};" | 13{{nbnd}}5

| style="{{Baseball primary style|Philadelphia Phillies}};" | Phillies, 6{{nbnd}}3

| style="{{Baseball primary style|Philadelphia Phillies}};" | Phillies, 7{{nbnd}}2

| style="{{Baseball primary style|Philadelphia Phillies}};" | Phillies
150{{nbnd}}120

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| style="{{Baseball primary style|Philadelphia Phillies}};" | Phillies

| style="{{Baseball primary style|Philadelphia Phillies}};" | 13{{nbnd}}5

| style="{{Baseball primary style|Philadelphia Phillies}};" | Phillies, 5{{nbnd}}4

| style="{{Baseball primary style|Philadelphia Phillies}};" | Phillies, 8{{nbnd}}1

| style="{{Baseball primary style|Philadelphia Phillies}};" | Phillies
163{{nbnd}}125

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| {{mlby|1978}}

| style="{{Baseball primary style|Philadelphia Phillies}};" | Phillies

| style="{{Baseball primary style|Philadelphia Phillies}};" | 12{{nbnd}}6

| style="{{Baseball primary style|Philadelphia Phillies}};" | Phillies, 6{{nbnd}}3

| style="{{Baseball primary style|Philadelphia Phillies}};" | Phillies, 6{{nbnd}}3

| style="{{Baseball primary style|Philadelphia Phillies}};" | Phillies
175{{nbnd}}131

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| style="{{Baseball primary style|Philadelphia Phillies}};" | Phillies

| style="{{Baseball primary style|Philadelphia Phillies}};" | 13{{nbnd}}5

| style="{{Baseball primary style|Philadelphia Phillies}};" | Phillies, 7{{nbnd}}2

| style="{{Baseball primary style|Philadelphia Phillies}};" | Phillies, 6{{nbnd}}3

| style="{{Baseball primary style|Philadelphia Phillies}};" | Phillies
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| style="{{Baseball primary style|Philadelphia Phillies}};" | 12{{nbnd}}6

| style="{{Baseball primary style|Philadelphia Phillies}};" | Phillies, 8{{nbnd}}1

| style="{{Baseball primary style|New York Mets}};" | Mets, 5{{nbnd}}4

| style="{{Baseball primary style|Philadelphia Phillies}};" | Phillies
200{{nbnd}}142

| Phillies win 1980 World Series

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| Tie

| 7{{nbnd}}7

| style="{{Baseball primary style|New York Mets}};" | Mets, 5{{nbnd}}4

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| style="{{Baseball primary style|Philadelphia Phillies}};" | Phillies
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| Strike-shortened season

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| style="{{Baseball primary style|Philadelphia Phillies}};" | Phillies

| style="{{Baseball primary style|Philadelphia Phillies}};" | 11{{nbnd}}7

| style="{{Baseball primary style|New York Mets}};" | Mets, 5{{nbnd}}4

| style="{{Baseball primary style|Philadelphia Phillies}};" | Phillies, 7{{nbnd}}2

| style="{{Baseball primary style|Philadelphia Phillies}};" | Phillies
218{{nbnd}}156

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| style="{{Baseball primary style|Philadelphia Phillies}};" | 12{{nbnd}}6

| style="{{Baseball primary style|Philadelphia Phillies}};" | Phillies, 5{{nbnd}}4

| style="{{Baseball primary style|Philadelphia Phillies}};" | Phillies, 7{{nbnd}}2

| style="{{Baseball primary style|Philadelphia Phillies}};" | Phillies
230{{nbnd}}162

| Phillies lose 1983 World Series

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| {{mlby|1984}}

| style="{{Baseball primary style|New York Mets}};" | Mets

| style="{{Baseball primary style|New York Mets}};" | 10{{nbnd}}8

| style="{{Baseball primary style|New York Mets}};" | Mets, 7{{nbnd}}2

| style="{{Baseball primary style|Philadelphia Phillies}};" | Phillies, 6{{nbnd}}3

| style="{{Baseball primary style|Philadelphia Phillies}};" | Phillies
238{{nbnd}}172

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| style="{{Baseball primary style|New York Mets}};" | Mets

| style="{{Baseball primary style|New York Mets}};" | 11{{nbnd}}7

| style="{{Baseball primary style|New York Mets}};" | Mets, 7{{nbnd}}2

| style="{{Baseball primary style|Philadelphia Phillies}};" | Phillies, 5{{nbnd}}4

| style="{{Baseball primary style|Philadelphia Phillies}};" | Phillies
245{{nbnd}}183

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| {{mlby|1986}}

| style="{{Baseball primary style|Philadelphia Phillies}};" | Phillies

| style="{{Baseball primary style|Philadelphia Phillies}};" | 10{{nbnd}}8

| style="{{Baseball primary style|New York Mets}};" | Mets, 6{{nbnd}}3

| style="{{Baseball primary style|Philadelphia Phillies}};" | Phillies, 7{{nbnd}}2

| style="{{Baseball primary style|Philadelphia Phillies}};" | Phillies
255{{nbnd}}191

| Mets win 1986 World Series

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| {{mlby|1987}}

| style="{{Baseball primary style|New York Mets}};" | Mets

| style="{{Baseball primary style|New York Mets}};" | 13{{nbnd}}5

| style="{{Baseball primary style|New York Mets}};" | Mets, 8{{nbnd}}1

| style="{{Baseball primary style|New York Mets}};" | Mets, 5{{nbnd}}4

| style="{{Baseball primary style|Philadelphia Phillies}};" | Phillies
260{{nbnd}}204

|

|-

| {{mlby|1988}}

| style="{{Baseball primary style|New York Mets}};" | Mets

| style="{{Baseball primary style|New York Mets}};" | 10{{nbnd}}8

| style="{{Baseball primary style|New York Mets}};" | Mets, 6{{nbnd}}3

| style="{{Baseball primary style|Philadelphia Phillies}};" | Phillies, 5{{nbnd}}4

| style="{{Baseball primary style|Philadelphia Phillies}};" | Phillies
268{{nbnd}}214

|

|-

| {{mlby|1989}}

| style="{{Baseball primary style|New York Mets}};" | Mets

| style="{{Baseball primary style|New York Mets}};" | 12{{nbnd}}6

| style="{{Baseball primary style|New York Mets}};" | Mets, 6{{nbnd}}3

| style="{{Baseball primary style|New York Mets}};" | Mets, 6{{nbnd}}3

| style="{{Baseball primary style|Philadelphia Phillies}};" | Phillies
274{{nbnd}}226

|

{{Game log section end}}

{{Game log section start|hide=y|style={{Baseball primary style|Philadelphia Phillies}};|title=1990s (Phillies, 70–69)|Season|colspan2=2|Season series|at New York Mets |at Philadelphia Phillies |Overall series|Notes}}

|-

| {{mlby|1990}}

| style="{{Baseball primary style|New York Mets}};" | Mets

| style="{{Baseball primary style|New York Mets}};" | 10{{nbnd}}8

| style="{{Baseball primary style|New York Mets}};" | Mets, 6{{nbnd}}3

| style="{{Baseball primary style|Philadelphia Phillies}};" | Phillies, 5{{nbnd}}4

| style="{{Baseball primary style|Philadelphia Phillies}};" | Phillies
282{{nbnd}}236

|

|-

| {{mlby|1991}}

| style="{{Baseball primary style|New York Mets}};" | Mets

| style="{{Baseball primary style|New York Mets}};" | 11{{nbnd}}7

| style="{{Baseball primary style|New York Mets}};" | Mets, 5{{nbnd}}4

| style="{{Baseball primary style|New York Mets}};" | Mets, 6{{nbnd}}3

| style="{{Baseball primary style|Philadelphia Phillies}};" | Phillies
289{{nbnd}}247

|

|-

| {{mlby|1992}}

| style="{{Baseball primary style|Philadelphia Phillies}};" | Phillies

| style="{{Baseball primary style|Philadelphia Phillies}};" | 12{{nbnd}}6

| style="{{Baseball primary style|Philadelphia Phillies}};" | Phillies, 6{{nbnd}}3

| style="{{Baseball primary style|Philadelphia Phillies}};" | Phillies, 6{{nbnd}}3

| style="{{Baseball primary style|Philadelphia Phillies}};" | Phillies
301{{nbnd}}253

|

|-

| {{mlby|1993}}

| style="{{Baseball primary style|Philadelphia Phillies}};" | Phillies

| style="{{Baseball primary style|Philadelphia Phillies}};" | 10{{nbnd}}3

| style="{{Baseball primary style|Philadelphia Phillies}};" | Phillies, 6{{nbnd}}1

| style="{{Baseball primary style|Philadelphia Phillies}};" | Phillies, 4{{nbnd}}2

| style="{{Baseball primary style|Philadelphia Phillies}};" | Phillies
311{{nbnd}}256

| Expansion to include the Colorado Rockies and the Miami Marlins reduces the number of meetings to 13 per season. Phillies lose 1993 World Series

|-

| {{mlby|1994}}

| style="{{Baseball primary style|Philadelphia Phillies}};" | Phillies

| style="{{Baseball primary style|Philadelphia Phillies}};" | 6{{nbnd}}4

| style="{{Baseball primary style|New York Mets}};" | Mets, 2{{nbnd}}1

| style="{{Baseball primary style|Philadelphia Phillies}};" | Phillies, 5{{nbnd}}2

| style="{{Baseball primary style|Philadelphia Phillies}};" | Phillies
317{{nbnd}}260

| Strike-shortened season. Strike cancels postseason.
MLB adds Wild Card, allowing for both teams to make the postseason in the same year.

|-

| {{mlby|1995}}

| style="{{Baseball primary style|New York Mets}};" | Mets

| style="{{Baseball primary style|New York Mets}};" | 7{{nbnd}}6

| style="{{Baseball primary style|Philadelphia Phillies}};" | Phillies, 4{{nbnd}}3

| style="{{Baseball primary style|New York Mets}};" | Mets, 4{{nbnd}}2

| style="{{Baseball primary style|Philadelphia Phillies}};" | Phillies
323{{nbnd}}267

|

|-

| {{mlby|1996}}

| style="{{Baseball primary style|New York Mets}};" | Mets

| style="{{Baseball primary style|New York Mets}};" | 7{{nbnd}}6

| style="{{Baseball primary style|New York Mets}};" | Mets, 4{{nbnd}}2

| style="{{Baseball primary style|Philadelphia Phillies}};" | Phillies, 4{{nbnd}}3

| style="{{Baseball primary style|Philadelphia Phillies}};" | Phillies
329{{nbnd}}274

|

|-

| {{mlby|1997}}

| style="{{Baseball primary style|New York Mets}};" | Mets

| style="{{Baseball primary style|New York Mets}};" | 7{{nbnd}}5

| style="{{Baseball primary style|New York Mets}};" | Mets, 4{{nbnd}}2

| Tie, 3{{nbnd}}3

| style="{{Baseball primary style|Philadelphia Phillies}};" | Phillies
334{{nbnd}}281

|

|-

| {{mlby|1998}}

| style="{{Baseball primary style|New York Mets}};" | Mets

| style="{{Baseball primary style|New York Mets}};" | 8{{nbnd}}4

| Tie, 3{{nbnd}}3

| style="{{Baseball primary style|New York Mets}};" | Mets, 5{{nbnd}}1

| style="{{Baseball primary style|Philadelphia Phillies}};" | Phillies
338{{nbnd}}289

|

|-

| {{mlby|1999}}

| Tie

| 6{{nbnd}}6

| style="{{Baseball primary style|New York Mets}};" | Mets, 4{{nbnd}}2

| style="{{Baseball primary style|Philadelphia Phillies}};" | Phillies, 4{{nbnd}}2

| style="{{Baseball primary style|Philadelphia Phillies}};" | Phillies
344{{nbnd}}295

|

{{Game log section end}}

{{Game log section start|hide=y|style={{Baseball primary style|Philadelphia Phillies}};|title=2000s (Phillies, 94–86)|Season|colspan2=2|Season series|at New York Mets |at Philadelphia Phillies |Overall series|Notes}}

|-

| {{mlby|2000}}

| style="{{Baseball primary style|Philadelphia Phillies}};" | Phillies

| style="{{Baseball primary style|Philadelphia Phillies}};" | 7{{nbnd}}6

| style="{{Baseball primary style|Philadelphia Phillies}};" | Phillies, 4{{nbnd}}2

| style="{{Baseball primary style|New York Mets}};" | Mets, 4{{nbnd}}3

| style="{{Baseball primary style|Philadelphia Phillies}};" | Phillies
351{{nbnd}}301

| Mets lose 2000 World Series

|-

| {{mlby|2001}}

| style="{{Baseball primary style|New York Mets}};" | Mets

| style="{{Baseball primary style|New York Mets}};" | 11{{nbnd}}8

| Tie, 5{{nbnd}}5

| style="{{Baseball primary style|New York Mets}};" | Mets, 6{{nbnd}}3

| style="{{Baseball primary style|Philadelphia Phillies}};" | Phillies
359{{nbnd}}312

| MLB changed to an unbalanced schedule in 2001, resulting in 18{{nbnd}}19 meetings per year

|-

| {{mlby|2002}}

| style="{{Baseball primary style|Philadelphia Phillies}};" | Phillies

| style="{{Baseball primary style|Philadelphia Phillies}};" | 10{{nbnd}}9

| style="{{Baseball primary style|Philadelphia Phillies}};" | Phillies, 6{{nbnd}}3

| style="{{Baseball primary style|New York Mets}};" | Mets, 6{{nbnd}}4

| style="{{Baseball primary style|Philadelphia Phillies}};" | Phillies
369{{nbnd}}321

|

|-

| {{mlby|2003}}

| style="{{Baseball primary style|Philadelphia Phillies}};" | Phillies

| style="{{Baseball primary style|Philadelphia Phillies}};" | 12{{nbnd}}7

| style="{{Baseball primary style|Philadelphia Phillies}};" | Phillies, 7{{nbnd}}3

| style="{{Baseball primary style|Philadelphia Phillies}};" | Phillies, 5{{nbnd}}4

| style="{{Baseball primary style|Philadelphia Phillies}};" | Phillies
381{{nbnd}}328

|

|-

| {{mlby|2004}}

| style="{{Baseball primary style|Philadelphia Phillies}};" | Phillies

| style="{{Baseball primary style|Philadelphia Phillies}};" | 11{{nbnd}}8

| style="{{Baseball primary style|Philadelphia Phillies}};" | Phillies, 6{{nbnd}}3

| Tie, 5{{nbnd}}5

| style="{{Baseball primary style|Philadelphia Phillies}};" | Phillies
392{{nbnd}}336

|

|-

| {{mlby|2005}}

| style="{{Baseball primary style|New York Mets}};" | Mets

| style="{{Baseball primary style|New York Mets}};" | 11{{nbnd}}7

| style="{{Baseball primary style|New York Mets}};" | Mets, 6{{nbnd}}4

| style="{{Baseball primary style|New York Mets}};" | Mets, 5{{nbnd}}3

| style="{{Baseball primary style|Philadelphia Phillies}};" | Phillies
399{{nbnd}}347

|

|-

| {{mlby|2006}}

| style="{{Baseball primary style|New York Mets}};" | Mets

| style="{{Baseball primary style|New York Mets}};" | 11{{nbnd}}8

| style="{{Baseball primary style|New York Mets}};" | Mets, 6{{nbnd}}3

| Tie, 5{{nbnd}}5

| style="{{Baseball primary style|Philadelphia Phillies}};" | Phillies
407{{nbnd}}358

|

|-

| {{mlby|2007}}

| style="{{Baseball primary style|Philadelphia Phillies}};" | Phillies

| style="{{Baseball primary style|Philadelphia Phillies}};" | 12{{nbnd}}6

| style="{{Baseball primary style|Philadelphia Phillies}};" | Phillies, 7{{nbnd}}2

| style="{{Baseball primary style|Philadelphia Phillies}};" | Phillies, 5{{nbnd}}4

| style="{{Baseball primary style|Philadelphia Phillies}};" | Phillies
419{{nbnd}}364

|

|-

| {{mlby|2008}}

| style="{{Baseball primary style|New York Mets}};" | Mets

| style="{{Baseball primary style|New York Mets}};" | 11{{nbnd}}7

| style="{{Baseball primary style|New York Mets}};" | Mets, 5{{nbnd}}4

| style="{{Baseball primary style|New York Mets}};" | Mets, 6{{nbnd}}3

| style="{{Baseball primary style|Philadelphia Phillies}};" | Phillies
426{{nbnd}}375

| Phillies win 2008 World Series

|-

| {{mlby|2009}}

| style="{{Baseball primary style|Philadelphia Phillies}};" | Phillies

| style="{{Baseball primary style|Philadelphia Phillies}};" | 12{{nbnd}}6

| style="{{Baseball primary style|Philadelphia Phillies}};" | Phillies, 5{{nbnd}}4

| style="{{Baseball primary style|Philadelphia Phillies}};" | Phillies, 7{{nbnd}}2

| style="{{Baseball primary style|Philadelphia Phillies}};" | Phillies
438{{nbnd}}381

| Phillies lose 2009 World Series

|-

{{Game log section end}}

{{Game log section start|hide=y|style={{Baseball primary style|New York Mets}};|title=2010s (Mets, 105–82)|Season|colspan2=2|Season series|at New York Mets |at Philadelphia Phillies |Overall series|Notes}}

|-

| {{mlby|2010}}

| Tie

| 9{{nbnd}}9

| style="{{Baseball primary style|New York Mets}};" | Mets, 5{{nbnd}}4

| style="{{Baseball primary style|Philadelphia Phillies}};" | Phillies, 5{{nbnd}}4

| style="{{Baseball primary style|Philadelphia Phillies}};" | Phillies
447{{nbnd}}390

|

|-

| {{mlby|2011}}

| style="{{Baseball primary style|Philadelphia Phillies}};" | Phillies

| style="{{Baseball primary style|Philadelphia Phillies}};" | 11{{nbnd}}7

| style="{{Baseball primary style|Philadelphia Phillies}};" | Phillies, 5{{nbnd}}4

| style="{{Baseball primary style|Philadelphia Phillies}};" | Phillies, 6{{nbnd}}3

| style="{{Baseball primary style|Philadelphia Phillies}};" | Phillies
458{{nbnd}}397

|

|-

| {{mlby|2012}}

| style="{{Baseball primary style|New York Mets}};" | Mets

| style="{{Baseball primary style|New York Mets}};" | 10{{nbnd}}8

| style="{{Baseball primary style|Philadelphia Phillies}};" | Phillies, 6{{nbnd}}3

| style="{{Baseball primary style|New York Mets}};" | Mets, 7{{nbnd}}2

| style="{{Baseball primary style|Philadelphia Phillies}};" | Phillies
466{{nbnd}}407

|

|-

| {{mlby|2013}}

| style="{{Baseball primary style|New York Mets}};" | Mets

| style="{{Baseball primary style|New York Mets}};" | 10{{nbnd}}9

| style="{{Baseball primary style|Philadelphia Phillies}};" | Phillies, 6{{nbnd}}4

| style="{{Baseball primary style|New York Mets}};" | Mets, 6{{nbnd}}3

| style="{{Baseball primary style|Philadelphia Phillies}};" | Phillies
475{{nbnd}}417

|

|-

| {{mlby|2014}}

| style="{{Baseball primary style|New York Mets}};" | Mets

| style="{{Baseball primary style|New York Mets}};" | 13{{nbnd}}6

| style="{{Baseball primary style|New York Mets}};" | Mets, 5{{nbnd}}4

| style="{{Baseball primary style|New York Mets}};" | Mets, 8{{nbnd}}2

| style="{{Baseball primary style|Philadelphia Phillies}};" | Phillies
481{{nbnd}}430

|

|-

| {{mlby|2015}}

| style="{{Baseball primary style|New York Mets}};" | Mets

| style="{{Baseball primary style|New York Mets}};" | 14{{nbnd}}5

| style="{{Baseball primary style|New York Mets}};" | Mets, 8{{nbnd}}1

| style="{{Baseball primary style|New York Mets}};" | Mets, 6{{nbnd}}4

| style="{{Baseball primary style|Philadelphia Phillies}};" | Phillies
486{{nbnd}}444

| Mets lose 2015 World Series

|-

| {{mlby|2016}}

| style="{{Baseball primary style|New York Mets}};" | Mets

| style="{{Baseball primary style|New York Mets}};" | 12{{nbnd}}7

| style="{{Baseball primary style|New York Mets}};" | Mets, 6{{nbnd}}4

| style="{{Baseball primary style|New York Mets}};" | Mets, 6{{nbnd}}3

| style="{{Baseball primary style|Philadelphia Phillies}};" | Phillies
493{{nbnd}}456

|

|-

| {{mlby|2017}}

| style="{{Baseball primary style|New York Mets}};" | Mets

| style="{{Baseball primary style|New York Mets}};" | 12{{nbnd}}7

| style="{{Baseball primary style|New York Mets}};" | Mets, 5{{nbnd}}4

| style="{{Baseball primary style|New York Mets}};" | Mets, 7{{nbnd}}3

| style="{{Baseball primary style|Philadelphia Phillies}};" | Phillies
500{{nbnd}}468

|

|-

| {{mlby|2018}}

| style="{{Baseball primary style|New York Mets}};" | Mets

| style="{{Baseball primary style|New York Mets}};" | 11{{nbnd}}8

| style="{{Baseball primary style|New York Mets}};" | Mets, 6{{nbnd}}3

| Tie, 5{{nbnd}}5

| style="{{Baseball primary style|Philadelphia Phillies}};" | Phillies
508{{nbnd}}479

|

|-

| {{mlby|2019}}

| style="{{Baseball primary style|Philadelphia Phillies}};" | Phillies

| style="{{Baseball primary style|Philadelphia Phillies}};" | 12{{nbnd}}7

| style="{{Baseball primary style|Philadelphia Phillies}};" | Phillies, 5{{nbnd}}4

| style="{{Baseball primary style|Philadelphia Phillies}};" | Phillies, 7{{nbnd}}3

| style="{{Baseball primary style|Philadelphia Phillies}};" | Phillies
520{{nbnd}}486

|

{{Game log section end}}

{{Game log section start|hide=y|style={{Baseball primary style|New York Mets}};|title=2020s (Mets, 46–38)|Season|colspan2=2|Season series|at New York Mets |at Philadelphia Phillies |Overall series|Notes}}

|-

| {{mlby|2020}}

| style="{{Baseball primary style|Philadelphia Phillies}};" | Phillies

| style="{{Baseball primary style|Philadelphia Phillies}};" | 6{{nbnd}}4

| Tie, 2{{nbnd}}2

| style="{{Baseball primary style|Philadelphia Phillies}};" | Phillies, 4{{nbnd}}2

| style="{{Baseball primary style|Philadelphia Phillies}};" | Phillies
526{{nbnd}}490

| Season shortened to 60 games (with 10 meetings) due to COVID-19 pandemic.

|-

| {{mlby|2021}}

| style="{{Baseball primary style|Philadelphia Phillies}};" | Phillies

| style="{{Baseball primary style|Philadelphia Phillies}};" | 10{{nbnd}}9

| style="{{Baseball primary style|New York Mets}};" | Mets, 6{{nbnd}}4

| style="{{Baseball primary style|Philadelphia Phillies}};" | Phillies, 6{{nbnd}}3

| style="{{Baseball primary style|Philadelphia Phillies}};" | Phillies
536{{nbnd}}499

|

|-

| {{mlby|2022}}

| style="{{Baseball primary style|New York Mets}};" | Mets

| style="{{Baseball primary style|New York Mets}};" | 14{{nbnd}}5

| style="{{Baseball primary style|New York Mets}};" | Mets, 7{{nbnd}}2

| style="{{Baseball primary style|New York Mets}};" | Mets, 7{{nbnd}}3

| style="{{Baseball primary style|Philadelphia Phillies}};" | Phillies
541{{nbnd}}513

| Both teams qualify for the postseason in the same year for the first time. Phillies lose 2022 World Series

|-

| {{mlby|2023}}

| style="{{Baseball primary style|Philadelphia Phillies}};" | Phillies

| style="{{Baseball primary style|Philadelphia Phillies}};" | 7{{nbnd}}6

| style="{{Baseball primary style|New York Mets}};" | Mets, 5{{nbnd}}1

| style="{{Baseball primary style|Philadelphia Phillies}};" | Phillies, 6{{nbnd}}1

| style="{{Baseball primary style|Philadelphia Phillies}};" | Phillies
548{{nbnd}}519

| New schedule structure started this season to allow every team to play one series against every interleague team. Shortening meetings from 19 to 13 games.

|-

| {{mlby|2024}}

| style="{{Baseball primary style|Philadelphia Phillies}};" | Phillies

| style="{{Baseball primary style|Philadelphia Phillies}};" | 7{{nbnd}}6

| style="{{Baseball primary style|Philadelphia Phillies}};" | Phillies, 4{{nbnd}}3

| Tie, 3{{nbnd}}3

| style="{{Baseball primary style|Philadelphia Phillies}};" | Phillies
555{{nbnd}}525

| As part of the MLB World Tour, both teams played at London Stadium in London on June 8{{nbnd}}9.

|-

|- style="background:#f2f2f2; font-weight:bold;"

| 2024 NLDS

| style="{{Baseball primary style|New York Mets}};" | Mets

| style="{{Baseball primary style|New York Mets}};" | 3{{nbnd}}1

| style="{{Baseball primary style|New York Mets}};" | Mets, 2{{nbnd}}0

| Tie, 1{{nbnd}}1

| style="{{Baseball primary style|Philadelphia Phillies}};" | Phillies
556{{nbnd}}528

| First meeting in the postseason

|-

| {{mlby|2025}}

| style="{{Baseball primary style|New York Mets}};" | Mets

| style="{{Baseball primary style|New York Mets}};" | 4{{nbnd}}2

| style="{{Baseball primary style|New York Mets}};" | Mets, 3{{nbnd}}0

| style="{{Baseball primary style|Philadelphia Phillies}};" | Phillies, 2{{nbnd}}1

| style="{{Baseball primary style|Philadelphia Phillies}};" | Phillies
558{{nbnd}}532

| Upcoming at Mets, August 25{{nbnd}}27
Upcoming at Phillies, September 9{{nbnd}}11

{{Game log section end}}

{{Game log section start|hide=y|style={{Baseball primary style|}};|title=Summary of Results|Season|colspan2=2|Season series|at New York Mets |at Philadelphia Phillies |Notes}}

|-

| Regular season games

| style="{{Baseball primary style|Philadelphia Phillies}};" | Phillies

| style="{{Baseball primary style|Philadelphia Phillies}};" | 557{{nbnd}}529

| style="{{Baseball primary style|New York Mets}};" | Mets, 272{{nbnd}}269

| style="{{Baseball primary style|Philadelphia Phillies}};" | Phillies, 288{{nbnd}}257

|-

| Postseason games

| style="{{Baseball primary style|New York Mets}};" | Mets

| style="{{Baseball primary style|New York Mets}};" | 3{{nbnd}}1

| style="{{Baseball primary style|New York Mets}};" | Mets, 2{{nbnd}}0

| Tie, 1{{nbnd}}1

|

|-

| Postseason series

| style="{{Baseball primary style|New York Mets}};" | Mets

| style="{{Baseball primary style|New York Mets}};" | 1{{nbnd}}0

| N/A

| N/A

| NLDS: {{nldsy|2024}}

|-

| Regular and postseason

| style="{{Baseball primary style|Philadelphia Phillies}};" | Phillies

| style="{{Baseball primary style|Philadelphia Phillies}};" | 558{{nbnd}}532

| style="{{Baseball primary style|New York Mets}};" | Mets, 274{{nbnd}}269

| style="{{Baseball primary style|Philadelphia Phillies}};" | Phillies, 289{{nbnd}}258

|

{{Game log section end}}

{{Game log end}}

• Major League Baseball rivalries
• Eagles–Giants rivalry
• Flyers–Rangers rivalry
• Devils–Flyers rivalry
• Flyers–Islanders rivalry

{{Reflist|2}}

• {{cite book|last=Kashatus|first=William|title=Almost a Dynasty: The Rise and Fall of the 1980 Phillies|publisher=University of Pennsylvania Press|year=2008|isbn=978-0-8122-4036-8}}
• {{cite book|last=Threston|first=Christopher|title=The integration of baseball in Philadelphia|publisher=McFarland|year=2003|page=76|isbn=0-7864-1423-5}}

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