The Mets cut it to 7-2 in the fifth. Jeff McNeil (2-for-4) initially held up at third after Francisco Alvarez’s two-out double, but he scored after Grant McCray’s cut-off throw sneaked under Willy Adames’ glove.

Frankie Montas is a theory. He has all the underlying skills a modern front office hungers, namely the components of stuff such as velocity and shapes.