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PHILADELPHIA -- The reigning National League champions are returning to the postseason. This visit may be more of an accomplishment than a year ago.Decimated by injuries, the New York Mets nonetheless clinched a wild-card berth Saturday with a 5-3 win over the Philadelphia Phillies. They will host the San Francisco Giants or St. Louis Cardinals on Wednesday.It marks the second time in franchise history that the Mets (87-74) will appear in the postseason in consecutive years. They earned consecutive wild-card berths in 1999 and 2000.Its just great to see the team this year accomplish as much as it did with as many obstacles placed in its path that they had to negotiate, general manager Sandy Alderson said.After James Loney slugged a tiebreaking two-run homer and Jeurys Familia notched his 51st save, the Mets doused one another with champagne in the visitors clubhouse. The players then spilled onto the field to celebrate with a sizable contingent of Mets fans who had invaded Citizens Bank Park.The Mets high-fived spectators who congregated down the third-base line. The Phillies placed a message on the scoreboard that read: Congratulations to the New York Mets on securing a wild card berth in the 2016 MLB postseason.Loneys homer against David Hernandez in the sixth inning, which was followed by a prodigious bat flip, had staked the Mets to a 4-2 lead. Philadelphia pulled within a run an inning later on pinch hitter Darin Rufs solo homer against Fernando Salas, but the Mets added an insurance run and Familia overcame a two-out baserunner in the ninth.The normally reserved Loney laughed off his bat flip in the clubhouse afterward, saying: I dont know if I just dropped it or I flipped it or what. Thats nothing ever toward the other team. Thats just for your team. Thats the excitement that you have. As a hitter, you get out a lot. So theres times in those big moments its fun to enjoy it.The Mets have withstood significant injuries this season, particularly to their starting rotation. Matt Harvey (thoracic outlet), Jacob deGrom (ulnar nerve) and Steven Matz (bone spur) all required season-ending surgeries, while Zack Wheelers intended summer return from Tommy John surgery never materialized.Instead, rookies Seth Lugo and Robert Gsellman stabilized the staff. They will serve in the postseason rotation alongside Noah Syndergaard and Bartolo Colon if the Mets can advance to a division series against the Chicago Cubs.This game is about pitching, manager Terry Collins said. It tells you that this organization has done a tremendous job of stockpiling some pretty good pitching. We traded a bunch of them last year to get us to the World Series, and yet we still had Gsellman and Lugo and guys that have come in this year and saved us -- just literally saved us -- with all of the injuries weve had to our pitching.Syndergaard will start Wednesdays wild-card game against the Giants or Cardinals. Which team he will face will not be determined until Sunday at the earliest and may require a play-in game Monday at Busch Stadium.I think its like every little kids dream come true to pitch in a high-stakes game, Syndergaard said. Ill embrace it. Ill look forward to it. It should be a lot of fun.The Mets had a 60-62 record on Aug. 19 after dropping a second straight game in San Francisco, leading to questions about Collins future. Falling two games under .500 coincided with the returns of Yoenis Cespedes and Asdrubal Cabrera from the disabled list. Since that point, the Mets have posted the best record in baseball and now are a season-high 13 games over .500.Alderson remade the roster on the fly as the Mets dealt with mounting injuries. Jose Reyes signing after a domestic-violence incident prompted his release by the Colorado Rockies offset the loss of David Wright due to a ruptured disk in his neck. The addition of Loney, who had been languishing in Triple-A with the San Diego Padres, stabilized first base after Lucas Duda was diagnosed with a stress fracture in his lower back that ultimately sidelined him for four months.The Mets also acquired infielder Kelly Johnson from the Atlanta Braves for a second straight year and Salas from the Los Angeles Angels to handle the seventh inning. They picked up catcher Rene Rivera after he was jettisoned on the eve of the season by the Tampa Bay Rays.Aldersons signature trade-deadline acquisition was right fielder Jay Bruce from the Cincinnati Reds for second baseman Dilson Herrera and minor league left-hander Max Wotell. Unlike a year ago, when Cespedes acquisition helped the Mets become the first team in MLB history to reach the World Series after ranking last in the majors in runs scored on July 31, Bruce struggled for much of the seasons final two months. He has homered four times since Sept. 24 and shown signs of awakening at the right time.Collins said he is particularly proud of the Mets resiliency in the wake of injuries.You can hit yourself in the head so many times before you start to say, Geez, its just not going to happen. And these guys never stopped, Collins said. They just kept coming every day and played no matter who was out. You get kind of numb to the situation -- Hey look, somebodys out. 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Winning the respect of the AFL will be the Gold Coasts top priority in 2017, according to Suns midfielder Touk Miller.The Suns returned for pre-season training on Monday, aiming to reach the finals for the first time in the clubs six-year history next season.And while Miller said that always remained a goal, they first had to win over the rest of the league and their own fans.We probably havent finished well for the past few years is a bit disheartening for myself and other players, Miller said.The last five years or so weve said finals is our goal.It still is but I think we need to win back the respect of the comp and all our fans on the Gold Coast.The Suns have endured a difficult post-season, which have included reports of captain Gary Ablett Jr requesting a trade back to Geelong.dddddddddddd.And while that request was denied by the Suns, Miller said the playing group had surrounded Ablett in support.Obviously there are family reasons, Miller said.He opened up and a natural reaction for the players is just to get around him.But Miller said he was unconcerned with the likes of Dion Prestia and Jaeger OMeara leaving to move away from the region.If you want to play football for the Gold Coast youve got to want to be here, he said.If they dont want to be up on the coast its up to them - theres no use having them around. 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