By the time Khalil Lee, the young outfielder who had already struck out in his first eight big-league at-bats, made a spectacular catch at the wall in right-center to rob Freddie Freeman in the seventh inning and preserve a 4-3 lead, it seemed that a Wednesday night ballgame had turned into something more resembling a Disney movie for the Mets.
For that matter, it was getting cornier by the minute, as a Triple-A lineup and an exhausted bullpen were threatening to pull off a sweep of the Braves in Atlanta.