With the Mets’ offense in a tailspin, Mets manager Carlos Mendoza finally gave Brett Baty some run against left-handed pitching, and it paid off. The left-handed Baty drove in the Mets’ first three runs of Wednesday night’s 5-1 win over the Boston Red Sox at Fenway Park to avoid a sweep and snap a

It spoke volumes about Brett Baty’s progression as a baseball player that when Carlos Mendoza looked to shake up his lineup for Wednesday’s series finale at Fenway Park, the Mets’ manager chose to keep Baty in his starting nine.

It's never good to overreact to one game, but the quality of pitchers Baty was facing also can't be ignored. Not only is Crochet incredibly tough against lefties, but so is Brennan Bernardino, whom Baty drilled the go-ahead hit against.