Mets’ bats provide late-inning fireworks to pick up win

Tonight’s game between the Mets and the Royals was delayed by about 81 minutes following a summer storm in Kansas City, and when it resumed, the sky was a majestic tint of orange. This seemed like a good omen for New York, who were coming off dropping two games to the Orioles on Thursday and were in search of any positive signs. In the end, it took until the calendar flipped to Saturday, but the Mets’ bats got going and busted out in a big way to guide the Mets to a much-needed 8-3 victory against the Royals.

Kodai Senga returned for the Mets and, while he navigated traffic on the base paths for much of his evening, gave the Mets a solid effort while limited to a pitch count of around 75 in…