MILWAUKEE — The playoffs provided the fuel.
The New York Mets had every reason to be lethargic entering the opening game of the best-of-three National League Wild Card series. The quest to the playoffs took the Mets back-and-forth from Milwaukee to Atlanta and back again.
They played 18 innings on Monday against the Braves, including an 8-7 thriller that played on all of the emotions from anxiety to hysteria to trepidation to euphoria. But the Mets had no time to even think about any of that…