For the first time in 24 years, the New York Mets and New York Yankees have both won a playoff game on the same day.

But Wheeler could only watch as the eighth disintegrated in a crushing blow – or from the Mets’ perspective, a distillation of exquisite playoff persistence. Francisco Alvarez, after a first-pitch strike, singled off Jeff Hoffman. Francisco Lindor, down 0-2, worked a walk. Vientos, down 0-2, turned a meaty 1-2 slider into center for an RBI single.

Take a look at the great moments in the Mets-Phillies rivalry — from Jim Bunning’s Father’s Day perfect game to New York’s epic collapse in the 2007 NL East race, to each team scoring 20-plus runs against the other and all the way to a London series this season — and one thing is missing.