Dominic Smith can spend the offseason gloating.
After spending the past two months pushing for a return from a stress fracture in his left foot, the Mets first baseman/outfielder finally received an opportunity in Sunday’s 11th inning.
Smith, in his first at-bat since July, delivered with a three-run walk-off homer that gave the Mets a 7-6 victory over the Braves in the season finale at Citi Field.
The Braves had blasted two homers against Walker Lockett in the previous half-inning to seemingly take control of the game.
But Tomas Nido and Wilson Ramos each singled in the bottom of the inning before Smith cleared the fence in right-center for his first career walk-off homer.