2000 NLDS New York Mets
 

Bay City rolls
Burks' fifth-inning blast helps Giants win 5-1 in Game 1

Livan Hernandez held the Mets to five hits over 7 2/3 innings and Bonds fought back his playoff demons with an RBI triple and a key single as San Francisco beat New York 5-1 on Wednesday in the opener of their National League Division Series.
Ellis Burks hit a three-run homer as the Giants gave manager Dusty Baker and Pacific Bell Park their first postseason wins.
 

Mets battle back in Game 2

Al Leiter dazzled the Giants for eight-plus innings only to earn a no-decision.
Al Leiter was the right pitcher to silence the Giants' Pac attack, but San Francisco's home advantage wasn't gone from Game 2 of its National League Division Series. Leiter allowed just two Giants hits after the third inning before J.T. Snow's ninth-inning homer off Armando Benitez tied the game. But Jay Payton's RBI single in the 10th led the Mets out of disaster to a 5-4 victory.
 

Mets take thriller
New York wins in 10th after blowing 4-1 lead

There's one more amazin' chapter in the New York Mets' wild playoff history.
Jay Payton's RBI single in the 10th inning and John Franco's game-ending strikeout of Barry Bonds lifted New York to a 5-4 victory against the San Francisco Giants on Thursday night.
But the Mets didn't even their best-of-5 National League Division Series at one game apiece without another dose of the postseason theatrics that seem to follow them everywhere in October.
From the '69 Mets' miracle title run to Robin Ventura's grand-slam single last year in the NL Championship Series against Atlanta, New York can't seem to simply win in the postseason.
 

Mets don't mind overtime in Game 3
Agbayani's 13th-inning blast gives New York series lead 2-1

One pitch into the game, New York Mets fans applauded what they saw on the scoreboard. More than five hours later, Benny Agbayani sent them home cheering even louder. Video Highlights
Agbayani produced the latest piece of postseason magic for the Mets, hitting a solo home run with one out in the bottom of the 13th inning for a 3-2 victory against the San Francisco Giants on Saturday night and a 2-1 lead in their National League Division Series.
Agbayani flipped his bat high in the air, Barry Bonds watched the ball sail over the left-field wall, and the Mets had won another playoff game in their final at-bat.
"It's a great feeling to be the man," Agbayani said. "We're one of those teams that never say die. We know anything can happen."
Now, New York will get a chance for a return trip to the NLCS on Sunday when Bobby J. Jones starts against Mark Gardner in the best-of-5 series.
The Mets returned home after their emotional 5-4 victory in 10 innings at Pacific Bell Park on Thursday night, and the sellout crowd of 56,270 immediately got a good omen.
As Marvin Benard batted leading off the game, the scoreboard posted this final score: St. Louis 7, Atlanta 1. The Cardinals had swept the Mets' biggest thorn, the Braves, out of the playoffs and the fans at Shea Stadium responded with a standing ovation and a mock tomahawk-chop.
 

JONES SENDS METS TO ST. LOUIS WITH ONE-HITTER IN GAME 4

Bobby J. Jones picked an opportune time to pitch the best game of his life.
Sent to the minors in June, Jones threw a one-hitter and faced three batters over the minimum as the New York Mets advanced to the National League Championship Series for the second straight year with a 4-0 win over the San Francisco Giants.
A bit of a surprise to start Game Four, Jones dominated San Francisco, which compiled the best record in the major leagues. The 30-year-old righthander tossed the second shutout in Mets' playoff history and matched the NL postseason low-hit game, last accomplished by Atlanta's Kevin Millwood, who one-hit Houston in last year's Division Series.
 

Shea brilliance

Bobby Jones delighted the Shea crowd with his one-hit shutout.
After a gut-wrenching performance Saturday to pull out a victory, New York's curtain call in Game 4 of the NLDS was simply sheer brilliance. The Mets rallied behind Bobby J. Jones' one-hitter to shut down the Giants 4-0  and clinch the Division Series Sunday. Jones gave up the only hit to Jeff Kent in the fifth inning. He struck out five while walking only two. Robin Ventura's two-run homer opened the scoring and Edgardo Alfonzo's two-run double in the fifth was all the Mets needed. New York returns to the NLCS, which will begin Wednesday in St. Louis.
 

New York Mets Robin Ventura leaps on teammate pitcher Bobby Jones (R) and catcher Mike Piazza (L) after the Mets beat the San Francisco Giants 4-0 to win Game 4 and the National League Division Series at Shea Stadium in New York on October 8, 2000.
 

Known as much for being one of two Bobby Joneses on the Mets as for his own pitching, Jones threw the sixth complete game one-hitter in postseason history as the Mets eliminated the Giants with a 4-0 victory in Game 4 of their NL Division Series on Sunday.
Left off last year's playoff roster and sent to the Minor Leagues in June, Jones pitched the first one-hit shutout in the postseason since Boston's Jim Lonborg in the 1967 World Series against St. Louis.
"At that time I was not helping the ballclub," Jones said of his two-week trip to Triple-A Norfolk. "After experiencing the playoffs last year and not being a part of it, I wanted to come back in the best shape and have a great year. The way I pitched was obviously not the way I was capable of throwing."
Jones limited the Giants to a clean, fifth-inning double by Jeff Kent as the Wild-Card Mets won the final three games of the series to avoid a cross-country trip and a decisive Game 5 in San Francisco.
New York earned themselves two days off before opening the NLCS in St. Louis on Wednesday. The Mets were 6-3 against the Cardinals this season.
"It's not going to be easy," Jones said. "They're a great team and play great baseball. We just have to go out and play the best we can."