David Wright’s winsome smile after a clutch hit, Matt Harvey’s snarling intensity and Jacob deGrom’s zipping fastball are trademark characteristics that have been missing from three of the Mets’ marquee players this season.
Wright felt slighted Saturday when, in the bottom of the ninth with two runners in scoring position and one out, the Milwaukee Brewers intentionally walked Curtis Granderson to load the bases and face Wright in a tie game at Citi Field.
In a modicum of payback and a reassuring sign for the Mets, Wright slapped a 3-0 pitch from Michael Blazek into right field for a game-winning single, sealing the Mets’ 5-4 comeback.