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- Updated: September 10, 2016
ATLANTA — Were the Cardinals, the Giants or even the Marlins playing their best ball down the stretch, the Mets’ situation might not be as rosy as it currently appears. To be clear: the Mets are in sole possession of the second National League Wild Card spot because they have played superlatively in recent weeks. But they’ve also had plenty of help from their foes.
In that sense, the eighth inning of Friday’s 6-4 win over the Braves was in many ways a microcosm of their last three weeks, keeping them in sole possession of an NL Wild Card spot. Given an opportunity, the Mets took full advantage, parlaying a host of Atlanta mistakes into a go-ahead four-run rally in the eighth.
“You’ve got to capitalize right now, this time of year,” manager Terry Collins said. “You’ve got to take every advantage you can.”
For the first four-plus months of this season, the Mets struggled to do that, threatening to set a modern-day record for futility with runners in scoring position. But …
