 The Mets, meanwhile, sat firmly in the NL East lead for almost all of the season.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.