NEW YORK — A couple of hours earlier than Wednesday’s Subway Sequence finale at Citi Area, as Francisco Lindor returned to the dugout following his closing spherical of batting observe, the Mets shortstop noticed proprietor Steve Cohen standing close by, walked over, and clapped him on the shoulder.
Turning to face him, Cohen smiled. “Again to .500 as we speak?” he stated.
“One after the other,” Lindor replied.
It was, Cohen stated later, moderately exceptional that the Mets had even put themselves in place to return to a .500 report, which they secured with a 12-2 win over the Yankees in a rain-soaked Subway Sequence finale. As just lately because the morning of June 3, the Mets had been 11 video games beneath .500, prompting many to surprise which gamers the membership may deal away on the Commerce Deadline.
However the season, Cohen famous on the time, is lengthy. There was little cause for the Mets to be rash. As unlikely because it might need appeared again then, the potential of a Mets renaissance was all the time fairly actual.
Francisco Alvarez furthered it Wednesday evening with a two-run homer and a run-scoring double, falling a triple shy of the cycle, whereas Tyrone Taylor hit a three-run shot within the sixth and Harrison Bader tacked on a solo shot within the seventh to seal issues for the Mets, who’ve received 15 of their final 19 video games.