Maybe a night in second place was the wake-up call the Mets needed.
Or maybe it was just a trip to face the lowly Marlins in Miami that got Buck Showalter’s club back on track.
After waking up on Saturday morning looking up at the red-hot Atlanta Braves in the NL East for the first time all season, the Mets used back-to-back dominant performances to finish off this road trip back atop the division.
Taijuan Walker followed up Carlos Carrasco’s six-inning gem from Saturday with seven strong innings of his own and the Mets offense continued to crush Marlins pitching in a 9-3 matinee win.