PHILADELPHIA -- The New York Mets are in the position every team would like to be in when on the playoff bubble come the end of September.They control their own destiny with three games to play.Win at least one of three in Philadelphia, and their season will continue beyond the weekend.The Mets (85-74) sit atop the wild-card standings, one game ahead of the San Francisco Giants (84-75) and two ahead of the St. Louis Cardinals (83-76).The Mets entered Thursday -- an off-day for them -- with their playoff chances at 98.6 percent, according to FanGraphs.If we win, well be fine, outfielder Jay Bruce said, according to NJ.com. We cant worry about what everyone else is doing.The Giants host the Dodgers over the weekend while St. Louis hosts Pittsburgh.In a perfect world, the Mets will have clinched a playoff spot before Sunday and will be able to save rotation stud Noah Syndergaard for the wild-card game.We want to go as far as we can, manager Terry Collins said, according to the New York Daily News. If it means saving him to get us to the next round, we certainly got to consider it.Home-field advantage in the wild-card game could also make Sundays game not a must-win to get into the playoffs, but a must-win to play at Citi Field. Collins would then need to make a decision on what to do with Syndergaard.When you play in front of our fans, its an advantage, Collins said. They are excited. They are loud, they get after it in the stands. (I) think it would be great to play at home. When that decision comes, its going to be a tough decision to make.The Mets come to Philadelphia winners in five of seven, including three of four over the Phillies last weekend. They just took two of three from Miami during an emotional three-game series following the death of Jose Fernandez.Fridays game in Philadelphia (7:05 p.m. EST) features Alec Asher (2-0, 1.66 ERA) on the mound for the home team against Robert Gsellman (3-2, 2.56) and the Mets.After a players only meeting Wednesday, the Phillies lost their sixth in seven games Thursday in Atlanta.As another losing, rebuilding campaign winds down to its end, the theme of the weekend will be saying goodbye to Ryan Howard. The longtime Phillies slugger is playing in what are very likely his final games in a Phillies uniform.Manager Pete Mackanin earlier in the month said he would play Howard -- who has spent a lot of the season coming off the bench -- all weekend to give him a proper exit.Howard hit a grand slam in Atlanta earlier in the week, his 24th home run of the season, one behind team leader Maikel Franco.I want him to go out gangbusters, Mackanin said in an interview earlier in the week on SportsRadio 94.1 WIP in Philadelphia. He hit that grand slam last night, which got us up to a good lead, and hes been swinging the bat well, much better the second half of the season. I certainly want him to shine the last three days of the season and hopefully the fans will get to see a good performance from him.A few good performances could potentially help the Phillies spoil their rivals playoff hopes. Or, at least make them play their play-in game away from Citi Field. Travis Wood Jersey . 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Hargreaves began his career in 2008 with the Winnipeg Blue Bombers and has played with the Edmonton Eskimos and last season with the Saskatchewan Roughriders. Of the numerous unexpected CAA Football results this seasons first month yielded, Elons 27-10 win at then-No. 8 William & Mary last week may be the most likely one no one saw coming.So are the Phoenix ready to add their name to the expanding list of conference contenders following their biggest victory as a league member? And was all the lofty preseason praise heaped upon the Tribe actually warranted?Those still unanswered questions should be better explained Saturday, when the rising Phoenix (2-2, 1-0) host 17th-ranked Villanova (3-1, 1-0) and No. 19 William & Mary (2-2, 0-1) makes the traditionally tough trip to New Hampshire (2-2, 1-0).Having been outscored 78-20 in season-opening defeats to Gardner-Webb and Charlotte, Elon entered Zable Stadium a heavy underdog and left with its first win over a top-10 opponent since besting No. 6 Wofford in 2007. With the offense still adjusting to a season-ending injury to quarterback Connor Christiansen in Week 1, the resilient Phoenix compensated with superior special-teams play and a sound defensive effort that contained three fourth-down stops and three interceptions with the Tribe in enemy territory.Were still a work in progress -- we had some breakdowns here and there -- but I think the kids learned from this, Elon coach Rich Skrosky said. When you play hard and youre a physical football team on defense, usually the results are going to be pretty good.The Phoenix built a 17-0 first-half lead by capitalizing on two William & Mary breakdowns in the kicking game, one a blocked punt and the other a botched snap on a punt attempt. Their first touchdown drive was aided by another short field created when All-CAA punter David Petroni pinned the Tribe at the 1-yard line and the defense caused a three-and-out.Skroskys young squad has little time to savor its breakthrough win with three straight home games against perennial conference powers, as New Hampshire and No. 6 Richmond pay visits following Elons inaugural meeting with Villanova.Itll be a good barometer of where were at from a maturity standpoint, he said. I think theres been signs of some maturity as the years progressed, and this will be one of those other signs -- how do we prepare this week for another very good opponent coming off a good win over a very good team.Like Elon, Villanova has offset an inconsistent offense by being craftily resourceful in other areas. The Wildcats have produced four defensive touchdowns, with two coming in last weeks 31-14 win at Lafayette that was tougher than the final score indicated.(The defense) saved us this past weekend against Lafayette, they really did, coach Andy Talley remarked. We just didnt have a very good outing offensively, and when you have a defense that can actually score points for you or get the ball knocked down and turn it over with an opportunity to have short fields, youre always in great shape.ddddddddddddanoh Kpassagnon set the tone with a 25-yard fumble return score on the opening play. The 6-foot-7, 290-pound senior end and NFL prospect leads the CAA with four sacks and 8 1/2 tackles for loss.While Villanova hits the road with momentum from a three-game winning streak, William & Mary hopes to gain some following last weeks mistake-filled performance and a second consecutive slow start to the season. The Tribe also dropped their CAA opener while splitting the first four games of 2015, then ripped off six straight wins en route to a playoff appearance.Kendell Anderson led that surge by rushing for 789 yards and 11 touchdowns during the streak, but the standout running back has been limited to 89 yards and 24 carries thus far while battling shoulder and ankle injuries. Though Albert Funderburke has filled in capably, the promising freshman reportedly tore his ACL against Elon.The diminished ground attack has had an effect on quarterback Steve Cluley, with the usually steady senior having thrown a conference-high seven interceptions and completing just 56.4 percent of his throws.Were not clicking right now, wide receiver DeVonte Dedmon said. Were not all on the same page.Getting Anderson untracked will be essential to the Tribes chances of rebounding, as theyre 11-0 since the start of last season when rushing for 149 yards or more and 0-6 when held under that mark. They were held to 104 on 33 attempts by Elon.William & Mary piled up 325 yards on the ground in last Octobers 34-18 home win over New Hampshire, with Anderson accumulating 174 on 27 carries.Its an equally pivotal game for New Hampshire. Though Sean McDonnells team won its league opener last week at Rhode Island, a narrow loss at Dartmouth the previous Saturday has already left the Wildcats with little room for error in their quest to extend the longest active run of consecutive FCS playoff appearances to 13 years.UNH does return home in better spirits after putting forth what McDonnell termed our best full-game effort that we had all year in the 39-17 victory over URI. The Wildcats scored 17 fourth-quarter points to pull away and take some of the sting out of the Dartmouth game, in which the Big Green tallied 15 unanswered points in the final period to rally for a 22-21 win.The Tribe have been a major nemesis for New Hampshire in recent years, having won 11 of the last 13 meetings. However, theyve lost in their last two trips to Durham, including a 32-3 drubbing in 2014.Theyve gotten our number a bunch of times, McDonnell said. This ones huge for us. 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