For most of Saturday night, much of the Mets lineup looked like it wanted to be anywhere but a cold and damp Citi Field against the Blue Jays, facing ex-Met Chris Bassitt.
They wasted leadoff doubles in each of the first two innings and at one point saw Bassitt retire 17 of 18 batters.
And then they left the bases loaded in the seventh before finally breaking through in the eighth — courtesy of Jesse Winker’s two-run triple.
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