For an afternoon, the Mets provided a peek at the kind of ballclub they aspired to be in 2023 long before the losing began.
Their bats were the ones punishing pitches over the middle of the plate.
The Mets , who can only hope they took a step out of the spiral that has consumed them, will have an opportunity Sunday, behind David Peterson, to win a series for the first time since they completed a sweep of the Phillies on June 1. After a disastrous, 7-19 June, the Mets are undefeated through one July game. But through the last month, manager Buck Showalter’s crew continually has been burned by mistakes — mental or physical — that have allowed opponents to break through.
The first baseman did not step on the bag, but instead threw immediately to second base — wide of Francisco Lindor and into left field.
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