Noah keeps trying

ATLANTA — The Noah Syndergaard saga will drag out through next week, despite the Mets’ best wishes. The big righthander is going to throw to live hitters early this week in Miami, according to sources, and then if he comes through that without feeling any soreness the Mets hope to pitch him an inning or two in their final home stand at Citi Field next weekend.

Syndergaard, who has been on the disabled list since May 1 with a torn right lat muscle, has made it clear he feels he needs to get back on the mound before the season is over. The Mets are hoping that will happen, but there is concern they are running out of time.

The Mets reversed course on their plans to pitch him on Sunday, to make sure he faces live hitters before appearing in a game. Their concern was that he reported soreness after his last minor league rehab game; they want to make sure he recovers after this time.

Terry Collins was clearly tired of the “drama” surrounding Syndergaard’s return.

“It’s been set in my mind what we are going to do. If I tell you guys and we change it, then drama hits,” the Mets manager said. “And I am done with drama right now. I don’t want any more drama. We’ll have something in place that we’ll be prepared to do it, if we have to change it, we can change it so everybody is nice and calm. “That’s the way I like it, calm.” Syndergaard said Saturday that he felt he could pitch, but understood the Mets being overcautious with their rash of injuries the last two seasons.

But he said he was getting bored having not pitched in four months.

SECOND TO ONE

Jose Reyes’ triple in the first inning was his 470th extra-base hit as a Met, surpassing Darryl Strawberry for the second-most in franchise history. It was the 34-year old’s seventh triple of the season and his 110th as a Met.