Mets shift focus to 3-game series vs. Dodgers after sweeping Athletics – The Denver Post

LOS ANGELES — The Mets found three heroes in three games over the weekend in a sweep of the Oakland Athletics and that’s exactly what they were looking for. With nine guys on the field and eight more in the bullpen the Mets want to emphasize playing a solid team game and not being overly reliant on one big bat or one big arm.

Baseball can often be an individual sport disguised as a team sport but games are won and lost as a team. It might sound cliche to say but the Mets really do need contributions from just about everyone if they want to come away from this 12-day, 10-game road trip with a winning record.

“Coming out here for two weeks is a really big challenge for us,” said first baseman Pete Alonso. “We played really good ball this series and we want to keep playing great…