Brett Baty drove in three runs and Huascar Brazoban got Tylor Megill off the hook as the Mets snapped a three-game losing streak on Wednesday.

On the same day he went public with his frustration about not getting more high-leverage opportunities in the Red Sox bullpen, Liam Hendriks let one go to waste. It proved costly in a 5-1 Boston loss.

Francisco Lindor homered and doubled while Brett Baty drove in three runs to propel the visiting New York Mets to a 5-1 victory over the Boston Red Sox on Wednesday.

Instant reactions as the clock finally strikes midnight for a taxed Red Sox bullpen in a 5-1 loss to the Mets that drops Boston back below .500 at 25-26: 1) The Red Sox knew any sort of ask from their bullpen would be a big one after the relief corps combined for 11 very good innings over the first two games of the series.

Manager Carlos Mendoza shuffled the lineup without much success, but Baty drove in three to stop the Mets' three-game skid.

The Kansas City Royals will never be a big-market team, but maybe they can use that to their advantage. Some of those big-market franchises around Major League Baseball have some interesting logjams this season.