Acce s the Mets beat like never before Join Post Sports+ for exciting subscriber-only features, including real-time texting with Mike Puma about the inside buzz on the Mets. These Phillies analysts are worried their team might be the victim of an underdog story. The NBC Sports Philadelphia crew Avisail Garcia Jersey entertained the idea of the Phillies po sibly blowing the NL East to the Mets dropped the edge to just five games. The discu sion even ventured into how Wednesday is e sentially a must-win game with Philadelphia attempting to avoid a potentially season-changing three-game sweep. But, in our eyes, its fine to say this is a big game (Wednesday), analyst Ricky Bottalico said. You go win tomorrow, youre back up six. No harm, no foul, see ya later. The Phillies held a seven-game lead over the Mets entering this series and had a chance to bury their rivals, but Citi Field continues to be their house of horrors. Michael Barkann (l), Ricky Bottallico (c) and Ben Davis (r). @NBCSPhilly/X Explore More For the second straight game, they blew an early lead and this time saw trade acquisition closer Jhoan Duran allow four singles in the ninth in the walk-off lo s, their ninth straight in Flushing. Now, like the famous scene in , the object in the rearview mirror is closer than it seems and the Mets can gain the tiebreaker with one more win in the final five games between the teams. The Mets celebrate their win Tuesday. AP Nine straight lo ses against the Mets, and thats why that five-game lead, thats all well and good, they lose one more game, they blow the tiebreaker against the Mets, host Michael Barkann said. Once they blow that, then the Mets get the division if the series ends up close or they end up tied at the end of the season, the Mets get the division or perhaps the Mets get into the playoffs. Bottalico responded: Youre going there already? Already? Its 30 games left in the season. You kidding me? Barkann retorted. This team is supposed to be a serting itself now and instead its going belly-up. Bottalico then conceded a little bit. The last two nights havent been pleasant for the Phillies postgame crew. @NBCSPhilly/x Maybe youre right, he said. Barkann replied: I want to be wrong, believe me. Bottalico isnt fully convinced the Phillies are choking yet. Alec Bohm and the Phillies are struggling in Flushing. John Jones-Imagn Images I think you are wrong, he said. I think this just a little blip. I think this is one of those things where, OK, they may go into a little swoon but when the Mets play everybody else, they go into a swoon, so I wouldnt be too worried about it. Fellow analyst Ben Davis then raised the importance of Wednesdays game, featuring Taijuan Walker facing Mets rookie Nolan McLean. You just dont want (the Mets) to get big mo on their side and right now they have that momentum on their side and thats not a good thing, Davis said. I agree with Michael, this is something you gotta think about with 30 games left That tiebreaker would go to the Mets. They gotta right the ship tomorrow. Tomorrow never say its a must win Botallico interjected: Tomorrows a big game. You dont ever want to go into a baseball game, an at-bat, to a pitch saying I have to, Davis followed. Thats the last thing you want to do is say, I have to. I have to get a hit. I have to get a win. Baseball doesnt operate like that. You want to go out there tomorrow and you want to get a win, obviously, but you cant go out there saying, We have to win, its the end-all, be-all. You dont want to go in there and get swept, so they gotta play better baseball tomorrow. The Phillies famously overcame a seven-game deficit with 17 games remaining in the 2007 season in one of the lowlights in Mets lore. Now, the Mets are trying to see if they can make the Phillies feel that kind of pain. Jesus Luzardo Jersey