Having already dispatched the Yankees with ease, the Mets kept their winning ways going Thursday in dramatic fashion.
They opened their four-game series against Atlanta with a 3-2, 10-inning win at Citi Field, capped off by Jeff McNeil’s two-out double that scored free runner Jose Iglesias.
It was the Mets’ fourth straight win and brought them to within 1/2 a game of the slumping Braves for the top spot in the NL wild card race.
Winners of 14 of their last 17 games in Queens, the Mets also sent Atlanta to its fifth consecutive defeat.
After J.D. Martinez struck out to lead off the bottom of the 10th, Pete Alonso was walked intentionally with Pierce Johnson on the mound.
Mark Vientos whiffed, but the suddenly hot McNeil lofted one down the right-field line that was misplayed by Ramon Laureano and it fell for the game-winner.