After last night, the Mets have lost to the Phillies in extra innings four times this season. The last time the Mets lost so many extra-inning contests to a single team in a season was back in 1992, when they lost four times in extras to the Pirates. Barry Bonds was NL MVP for Pittsburgh that season, his last before moving to the Giants. One of those extra inning Pirates over Mets games was a 16-inning affair at Shea started by Tim Wakefield for the Bucs and Pete Schourek for the Mets. The game was still 1-1 after fifteen innings, and after Pittsburgh took a 4-1 lead in the top of the 16th, Dwight Gooden pinch hit for the Mets and singled in the bottom of the 16th inning (Doc pinch-hit three times in his career, and had two hits -- besides the single against Pittsburgh he also tripled against the Marlins as a pinch-hitter in the last game of the 1993 season). Willie Randolph was the Mets primary second baseman in 1992 and started there in three of the four extra-inning losses to Pittsburgh.
Most extra inning wins against the Mets in a single season:
Phillies (2007) 4
Pirates (1992) 4
Cardinals (1986) 4
Expos (1979) 4
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