Carlos Mendoza made the point multiple times on Wednesday. “We haven’t done anything,” the manager said. No, the Mets haven’t clinched a playoff berth or won a division. But they’re starting to see the light at the end of their long climb out of competitive purgatory from earlier in the season.

The three-run homer was the key to the Mets’ offensive attack: Francisco Alvarez, Brandon Nimmo and Harrison Bader each hit one, but the party was tempered by Francisco Lindor leaving the game in the seventh inning with lower back soreness.