New York Post

Red- hot Amazin’s have answers to withstand injuries

- Kevin Kernan kevin. kernan@ nypost. com

Blevins was hit in the left arm by a smash off Dee Gordon’s bat, breaking Blevins’ forearm.

One inning, two broken bones. Blevins at the top of the inning, d’Arnaud in the bottom.

“That’s a bad combo in the same day,’’ Alderson said.

The Mets have lost David Wright ( hamstring), closer Jenrry Mejia ( steroid suspension) and now d’Arnaud and Blevins.

Despite all that, they sit atop the NL East with a 10- 3 mark. The 1986 Mets started 10- 3. So did the 2006 Mets.

How will these Mets get through this?

With the depth they think they have accumulate­d, the veteran leadership of Michael Cuddyer, Wright and Curtis Granderson and with that next- man- up attitude.

“[ Blevins] was great the first couple weeks of the season, and he’ll be great when he comes back,’’ Alderson said. “In the meantime somebody is going to have to step up.’’

D’Arnaud praised Plawecki, saying, “This is part of the game, we just have to keep trying to win every single day. That’s what we all want and that’s what we are all striving for, the playoffs, still.’’ Terry Collins knows the reality. “It’s a tough day for us,’’ he said. What was the mood in the dugout on this broken day?

“Dead silence,’’ Collins said. “They’re big losses. We have to pick up the pieces and move forward.’’

Matt Harvey made it through even though he was so sick he didn’t think he would be able to pitch as the Mets swept the Marlins in a four- game series for the first time ever.

The Mets trailed early, marking this as their sixth come- frombehind win of the year, the most in the majors.

Now comes a different type of comeback.

The Mets still have their two aces in Jacob deGrom and Harvey.

And guess what? The next time they start will be against the Yankees on Friday and Saturday at Yankee Stadium. As long as they have their aces, these Mets can overcome a lot of misfortune.

Yes, the Mets still have their aces, they still have their most valuable hitter in Lucas Duda, their backbone in Cuddyer and closer Jeurys Familia, who retired Giancarlo Stanton with the potential tying run at second base to end the game.

Problems are never completely solved.

These Mets still have a lot going for them.

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