MILWAUKEE — Arguably the biggest home run in regular-season Mets history would not have meant nearly as much if not for the at-bat before.
Francisco Lindor’s go-ahead, season-changing, two-run home run in Atlanta on Monday only was a go-ahead home run because there was a runner on base.
At a moment when the Mets were desperate for baserunners and down one run, it was Starling Marte who sent a single into left and could jog around the bases one pitch later.
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