 In the postseason, the Mets lost to the eventual champion Dodgers in the 1988 National League Championship Series.On June 18, 1989, after a Mets–Phillies game, the Phillies traded Samuel to the Mets for McDowell and Lenny Dykstra.Dykstra was a career .278 hitter with the Mets and had not equaled his 1986 season when he hit .295.