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NEW YORK -- The Mets circled the bases in record fashion like the cartoon Gas-House Gorillas in front of Bugs Bunny, then handed fans the shirts off their backs. Vans Shoes Wholesale Store .They hoped a 17-0 rout of the Phillies on a melancholy Sunday was not this seasons Citi Field finale.It really kind of sunk in today that it was the last regular-season homestand, pitcher Noah Syndergaard said. The clubhouse was like, we dont want it to be the last game we play here this season.On a difficult day filled with sadness following the death of Miami star pitcher Jose Fernandez, the Mets produced the largest shutout victory in their 55-season history and the teams highest-scoring game at Citi Field. Asdrubal Cabrera hit a seventh-inning grand slam, Jose Reyes had four RBI with a two-run double and a pair of bases-loaded walks, and Curtis Granderson reached 30 home runs for the first time since 2012.Even slumping Jay Bruce had his first multi-hit game since Sept. 4.New York moved one game ahead of San Francisco for the NLs top wild card, with St. Louis a half-game behind the Giants for the second spot, and fans chanted We want playoffs! in the ninth inning. Hoping for their first consecutive postseason appearances since 1999-2000, the Mets close with three games each at Miami and Philadelphia after finishing 44-37 at home.Injured second baseman Neil Walker expects success on the road.Hopefully spray some champagne, he said.New York improved to 23-11 on its stretch run with another pitching performance from a surprise fill-in. Robert Gsellman, a 26-year-old making his sixth big league start, allowed three hits over seven innings, struck out a career-best eight and walked two, leaving to a standing ovation. He also reached on a bunt single in the third for his first major league hit; Philadelphias defense was puzzling, given that Gsellman (3-2) has a torn left rotator cuff and cant swing.If the Mets reach the Division Series, the tattooed right-hander could get a start because of injuries to Matt Harvey, Jacob deGrom, Steven Matz and Zack Wheeler. Gsellman made his big league debut on Aug. 23.It kind of came pretty fast, he said.New Yorks previous high for runs in a shutout was 14, against the Chicago Cubs in 1965 and Cincinnati in 1998. New York scored 25 unanswered runs after falling behind 10-0 in the fourth inning Saturday night.Wearing 1986 commemorative uniforms for perhaps the last time this year, the Mets batted with the bases loaded 11 times in 50 plate appearance. Reyes came up with the bases full four straight times.We needed one of those, Mets manager Terry Collins said. Our bullpen was shot.In a matchup of rookie starters, Jake Thompson (3-6) allowed three runs and five hits in four innings, and the Mets abused Philadelphias bullpen for three runs in the fifth, five in the seventh and six in the eighth. Phillies relievers allowed 28 runs -- 27 earned -- over 17 innings in the four-game series.I dont think we got much length and then the bullpen came in and didnt do our jobs, said Frank Herrmann, who gave up Cabreras slam.James Loney hit a run-scoring double-play grounder in the second, and Granderson led off the fourth by driving a 0-2 changeup into the bullpen in right center. Granderson has just 56 RBI despite getting 30 homers for the fourth time -- with 10 in his last 23 games.Now the Mets head to Miami, where Fernandez will be honored before Mondays game against the Marlins. The All-Star died early Sunday in a boating accident off Miami Beach.Tomorrow is going to be a rough one for everybody, Collins said. Im sure theyre going to be all fired up to not only beat us, but in honor of Jose.HONORING FERNANDEZAt the suggestion of chief operating officer Jeff Wilpon, Mets star Yoenis Cespedes taped a No. 16 jersey with Fernandezs name on a dugout wall. Like Fernandez, Cespedes defected from Cuba by boat.Thats not something that I would ever recommend to any ballplayer in Cuba, to maybe leave the way that we did, Cespedes said through a translator, but those who have I very much admire.HOMER HAPPYNew York hit a team-record 112 home runs at home and has 212 overall, also a franchise mark. Thirty-two of the homers were hit against Philadelphia.AT THE GATESundays crowd of 35,093 raised the Mets home attendance this season to 2,789,602, up from 2,569,753 last year and the highest since the club drew 3,154,262 during Citi Fields inaugural season in 2009.OUCHNew York set a team record when four batters were hit by pitches -- Cespedes, Rene Rivera, T.J. Rivera and Gavin Cecchini. Phillies pitchers also walked nine and threw three wild pitches.UP NEXTMets: RHP Bartolo Colon (14-7) starts Mondays trip opener. Vans Slip On Cheap . But the quarterback hopes to stay involved in football after officially calling it quits Tuesday. "Id love to look at those opportunities as they arise," Pierce said in an interview from his Winnipeg eatery. Vans Old Skool Clearance . Its 1987 and a Brazilian playmaker, known as Mirandinha, is being paraded around St James Park to the passionate Newcastle fans. http://www.vanssalestore.com/ . -- Stanford squashed Oregons national championship hopes again, schooling the Ducks in power football. The Battle at Bristol between Virginia Tech and Tennessee on Saturday (8 p.m. ET, ABC) has us thinking about cars. In this case, were thinking about first cars.Long before the seven-figure contracts and school-issued Escalades, coaches were just like us, driving around in cars that may not have been the prettiest but still hold special memories. Dan Mullen drove his ballet-teacher-mothers ride, which had the license plate UDANCE. Bill Snyder had a 1946 (!) yellow convertible that his mother forced him to give back because he was staying out too late. Kliff Kingsbury got stuck in a lake while trying to, in his words, be really smooth with a female friend.Here are our favorite first-car stories from coaches: Bill Snyder, Kansas State, 1946 yellow Mercury convertibleI was raised by a single-parent mother. My first automobile, my father -- they were separated -- bought a 1946 yellow Mercury convertible. I was 16 years old and I didnt deserve to have an automobile and my mother knew that. She was in chagrin that I did. It kind of affected things. I started staying out a little bit later than I should and driving around and maybe got a little distracted from the way my mother wanted me to be. I didnt have it maybe at best two weeks. My mother called my father and said either you come and get this automobile tomorrow or you will find it in the Missouri River, which was about six blocks away from our house. Sure enough, my father came and got the automobile.? Kliff Kingsbury, Texas Tech, white Ford F-150 truckKind of a ranch truck my grandfather gave me off of his ranch, not his in-town driving truck, so it was a little rough, but it got around. I got it stuck in a lake, in his lake, one night trying to be really smooth with a female friend and he had to come pull me out at about 2 a.m., so, bad look. Bad night. Dan Mullen, Mississippi State, 1984 Ford MustangMy first car, I turned 16, my mom had an old 84 Ford Mustang with the T-bar roof, the glass roofs you can take off and put in the container in the back. Vans Shoes Clearance Sale. It was kind of one of those down years for Mustangs. It wasnt one of the really awesome, cool ones. I ended up getting it to have to drive my younger brother and sister around, so you took on an awful lot of responsibilities. But I tell you what: When youre 16, you pop the roof off a car, you did feel pretty cool blaring some music out of a bad stereo in this somewhat not-so-cool car. The only issue was my mom teaches classical ballet and the license plate at the time said UDANCE. So all of my friends would laugh because wed go out in the UDANCE-mobile. Jim McElwain, Florida, 1972 pea-green Ford PintoMy first car, it really comes to ownership, was a 1972 Ford Pinto. Sweet-pea green. And I had a killer eight-track tape deck. Listenin to tunes (Earth, Wind & Fire), rollin down the road, that stick shift hummin ... There aint nothing like a Ford Pinto.? Dabo Swinney, Clemson, black Nissan SentraLooked like a little BMW. It was awesome.Best moment: Getting it back after I had it about a month. It went over a cliff and smashed into a tree. Kicked out of gear and I had to pay on it for like a year, making payments before I got it out of the Bondo shop. Getting it back was like getting a new car all over again.Whose fault was the accident??I guess it was mine. I put it in second gear and got out of the car and it kicked out of gear. I was getting ready to go in my buddys truck and clean gutters and work, and turn around and it was rolling. I got in front of it trying to stop it and it kept rolling and momentum went off the driveway into the woods and T-boned into a tree. It was a devastating moment. I only had it like a month and I didnt have a car prior to that. So I was without a car for another year. I ended up not having insurance on it, so thats why it was in the shop for so long. ' ' '