Jed Lowrie belts homer for Brooklyn as Mets’ return nears

Jed Lowrie is another step closer to finally suiting up for the Mets.

Lowrie, who has been sidelined by a series of injuries since signing with the Mets as a free agent before the season, went 1-for-3 with a solo home run in a rehab assignment for the Brooklyn Cyclones on Thursday night at MCU Park in Coney Island. Lowrie’s home run helped power the Cyclones to a 1-0 win over the Hudson Valley Renegades in the second game of their best-of-three New York-Penn League semifinal playoff series.

Batting second and starting at second base, the switch-hitting Lowrie flied out to right in his first at-bat during the first inning. But on the first pitch of his at-bat in the bottom of the fourth,…