Mets find perfect cure in free-falling Phillies

The Mets have found their personal patsy, and lo and behold, it’s none other than the National League champion Philadelphia Phillies. That makes all the Mets very happy, maybe even their perpetually peeved co-ace Max Scherzer. Behind a truly mad Max, who’s still battling Major League Baseball, this time over an extra warm-up toss no less, the Mets beat the Phillies 4-2 to complete their sweep Thursday and put a punctuation mark on their utter domination over the division rival that’s nearest to them geographically and spiritually. One would think...