The NL East champion Phillies went 7-6 against the Mets this season, with one notable asterisk. The Phillies lost three of those games when Taijuan Walker started. The beleaguered starter has largely pitched himself out of postseason role, if the former Met even makes the roster.

For the first time in MLB playoff history, the New York Mets will face the Philadelphia Phillies in a postseason series. After staging a wild ninth inning comeback against the Milwaukee Brewers in Game 3 of the Wild Card series,

Since the Mets’ debut in 1962, the rivals have played 1,081 games and never met in the postseason – and that changes Saturday