Carlos Mendoza and Francisco Lindor on Mets possibly passing the Braves in Wild Card standings | SNY

Carlos Mendoza That's what it's all about finding a way to get the job done. And today we were able to do that on an eye where it was hard for us. I mean cell was was pretty nasty by the best I've seen in you know, since I'm probably going to go back when he was with the White Sox, you know, Lindor obviously got them and then we just had to grind through it, you know, but what a team effort there with from the pitching staff Savvy budo pretty amazing there. ideas getting out of that jam and then matin, you know, so yeah on a night where offensively we're facing pretty good pitching stuff because not only sale but you know their Bullpen with Jimenez and Iglesias and John's on the last inning we found a way Only in the top of the 10th the bun playwright you guys were expecting that it seemed yeah. I mean that's part of the game, you know, Callie Nick there and you know, they got liberated speed at third base. So yeah, we were ready for it. How I guess proud of you that they executed the way that they did. Yeah, you know every time you get an opportunity to get an out, especially on a situation like this Extra Inning, you know tie ball game running at third base. I'm glad that you know, we were able to execute that run down in you know, get the last out. Zach oh Abby everything. Happy Jeff again tonight. Yeah, we've been seeing the happy Jeff for a while. Now look his it's a big part of this team and it's good to see him continue to get results. So yeah, happy Jeff. That's what we're calling him like that. What do you think that can do to for a player who who did struggle a lot through the first half of the Season? Yeah, not only a hit like that obviously to for the walk off, but the way he's been swinging the bat the homers the you know, there's there's some really good at-bats. Now, you know, he's not just guiding the baseball. He's swinging the bat and trying to drive the baseball in we've seen it. He's a good hitter and finally we're seeing that type of player. What was your Vantage Point on? Laureano trying to steal home? And what happened there look like the Braves are a little upset at the tag. Maybe he wasn't trying to steal. He was a squeeze play there. Spaceball we're playing baseball. There's there's not more than that. So we got the out. Zach with between that play it in on the squeeze and then the ending before with Alvarez thrown out the guy at third. He's probably he's not swinging the way you know, you can but his D how important is his defense specifically those two plays tonight. Yeah, that's you know that what makes him such an important part of this team not only him but terrains behind the play both of them. They can shut down the running game. We saw it today with we knew Mary feel as soon as he went on the game. He went in the game. We knew he was not only going to steal second. He was going to go to third goes he's A really good base stealer, especially still in third base. He's really good at it. And for Alvey to come up throwing like that and put them away that for me that was a huge part of the game. So and then the instincts on executing that run down there with laureano on the rundown. Yeah overall us not only offensively he can impact and win games for us, but defensively I've been saying it all along so Roger When you guys finished off sweeping the Yankees, there's a lot of talk in your Clubhouse about how you guys are playing the game the right way you're doing the right things. Are you a believer in a thing like momentum that something from one day can carry over into success the next I'm not in the end of the day, you know, you got to go out there. You got to make place you have to execute, you know, you got to do the little things, you know, you got to do a lot of different things to be able to win baseball games and that will give you momentum, you know winning obviously. We will give you that but then there's going to you know, you're going to go through some stretches where you know, you're doing some of the things and you are not getting you know the results. So we've been playing pretty well, you know, but understanding that every day you looking for ways to improve, you know, and credit to the guys that they continue to show up and they continue for to look for ways to get better individually as a team and you know is shown right now on the field. If prospective budo for a second, you know, he's obviously had success as a starter at this level, but it seems like he's taking it up a notch out of the bullpen. Is there anything specific you've seen since he's made that transition that has been just a little bit better a little bit more consistent. I think the biggest thing for me is he's ability to slow the game down in especially when there's traffic. You know, I think this is the second time I brought it in with Runners on first and second nobody out right and then just In the awareness of where we are in the game, who's the hitter not giving in when he gets behind in counts. So we saw it would Rosario. He's talked to the change. I made him Chase and then he continued to execute pitches and got out of that inning huge and then he goes back out and stays on the attack. He's aggressive when he needs to but I think just the ability to slow the game down the situation seems like he's not too big for him and just the awareness overall where we are on the The game so Tony with the wind tomorrow, you guys could move into second place. I know it's early to be looking at standings. But even just symbolically, what would that mean? Especially against the team that really for the past few years has had your number? Yeah. I know he there's going to be a conversation and you have to ask those questions, but we're not looking at standings. We're just taking one day at a time. You know, we got done playing a really good team the Yankees and then we knew you know, we had another really good team coming into town. And but the mines it is the same here one day at a time come in here and take take care of business. So it was good to get the first one today, you know when it was hard. But yeah, we'll continue to treat it that way. We're not going to be looking at standing here. We just got it control the things we need to control. Francisco Lindor He was tough. He was Crusoe like, you know, he's ever since I came up. He's been extremely Elite its dominant every every game because after you it dominates, We just do the every find a way to get one good pressure, I guess and scored two runs, you know, it doesn't my brothers in come up with Tyrone doesn't has a huge about right there. You just looking for a good pitch to drive and I was able to get the barrel on based on. You know, Chris has really good that it's the same level as Gerrit Cole, you know, he's been doing it for a very very long time Severino just said that the reason You guys won this game tonight was Jose Bhutto what has been the thing that's impressed you the most since he's made that transition to the bullpen how he doesn't say no, he goes out there and just continue to do what he does, you know day in and day out. He's he has learned to to be effective from doping which is not easy and it's not easy to have one or two updates and then go back to the amount, you know, that's not easy to do but to have a successful season. We need guys like him and him stepping up. Up the way he is doing it has put us in a place where we look we look like a really good team so hats off to him the way he's been going about her day in and day out and I'm looking forward to see what the rest of the year brings in Cisco considering how well the Braves have played against you guys the past few years. What would it mean to pass them in the standings? We've been ahead of them before and we just got to stay locked in and I tossed on a daily basis, you know, I is there good team they know how to play baseball in August and September. So we just got to do the same thing. He's got to continue to climb continue to stay the course and we'll see where we are the only year, you know, hopefully we're in a position where we were competing for the playoffs and if not in playoffs you mentioned it before. Recall yesterday. I mean you did two different ways to be cold one day sale the next what does that say about the scene that we getting? We have a good offense. We have a good offense in the matter who's on the other side. We got to go out there and get it done. You know, and once again, I keep saying sounds like I say this every single day, but we in a good way right now, right? It's long as you can and then get on the next one. Yeah. A team when it's going as well as you guys been going for the last few weeks starts to make its own breaks. I can attend thinning the bust of suicide squeeze by them and we ran over run the ball for Jeff. Do you think and teams are going well brakes tend to break their way more often. I'm not sure. I'm not I'm not quite sure. I know that. When things are going well people forget about the bad things and when things are not going our way people put the accent in the bad things, you know, so I'm not sure I think it's just baseball, you know, it's just some days are going to be on our side some days not going to be on our side today worked out that Jeff was able to put the ball in play and get a base hit which I'm mad at him because he threw the got BB should have continued the second base. So make sure next time you guys. Princess going to look at date now. We will wait you guys have with the different types of ways you're winning coming from behind outspoken opponents Extra Innings. What does that say about your team? I'm I'm just happy we're playing good overall overall baseball, you know it. Yeah, we all slugging but at the end of the day we got to pitch and we got to play good defense and we got to run the bases the right way. We came out of the All-Star break knowing that we were going to have a tough schedule. We have to have a sense of urgency. See and go out there and get it done day in and day out no matter who's on the other side. I'm happy that we are playing the game the right way and we hitting we playing good defense we running the basically pitching we're doing everything right now. We just got to stick with that as long as we can and then once we get off that way finding one.