The Mets return home for a mini-home stand with the Diamondbacks

After a split series in our nation’s capital, the New York Mets (20-9) return to Queens for a brief three-game home stand with the Arizona Diamondbacks (15-13). After the Mets won seven games straight, the four game series against the Washington Nationals was one of whiplash, with the Mets suffering two walk-off losses to the Nats and winning two others handily, though only one will look such in the box score.

In Friday’s series opener in DC, the Mets battled back from an early deficit to take the lead in the eighth inning, only to see Ryne Stanek and A.J. Minter cough up the lead in the ninth. It must be said, however, that the Mets got a truly bad call on a “triple play” that clearly…