A routine single might have completed the NY Mets lineup puzzle

San Francisco Giants v New York Mets | Ishika Samant/GettyImagesSometimes, all it takes is a simple swing and a well-timed burst of speed to change the course of a game, and maybe a lineup. Cedric Mullins didn’t hit a towering home run or flip the dugout into chaos. He just delivered a clean single, swiped second, and nudged the New York Mets out of their early game sleepwalk. Suddenly, the rest of the order blinked awake, too.

For the first time in a while, the Mets’ lineup looked… whole. Mullins wasn’t just filling a spot in center field; he was filling a gap the Mets have been tripping over for weeks. His fourth-inning spark turned into a mini fire, and with the bottom of the lineup…