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The New York Mets have gotten contributions from quite a few players during their three-game winning streak, but the combination of their three rookies has stolen the show.

Brett Baty, Francisco Álvarez and Mark Vientos have given this team a much needed lift, consistently providing quality at-bats during this recent stretch.

Friday’s series opener against the Cleveland Guardians was the first time all three of them were in the starting lineup together. It was a historic moment, an exciting nod to what will hopefully be a bright future, and all three members of the ‘Baby Mets’ delivered in a big way. They were instrumental in helping the Mets climb back into the game and eventually win it.

“Props to my teammates, the way they grind kept us in the game,” Francisco Lindor said after his extra-innings heroics. “The pitchers did really good, Brandon Nimmo‘s at-bats, the Baby Mets. They are fun to watch. Without them, I don’t come up in the 10th. Props to them.”

Álvarez got the Mets on the board with a solo home run to left center field, pulling the team to within four. In the following inning, Baty hit an opposite field home run to left field, making it a 5-3 game. Eventually, the game would go to extra innings, giving the youngsters another opportunity to deliver.

With the Guardians up 9-7, the Mets needed another comeback in the tenth inning to win. Vientos got it started with an RBI single up the middle, scoring Baty from second. Two batters later, it was Álvarez again, who found a hole on the left side, scoring Eduardo Escobar to tie the game at 9-9. The Mets would win it on a walk-off RBI single from Francisco Lindor, pulling the team to .500.

“They’ve been awesome again,” Pete Alonso said after the game. “Mark having that super clutch hit up the middle, Alvy having a professional at-bat at the end, but also did a wonderful job hitting a homer to get us on the board. Baty going oppo-taco, it’s been fun to watch. For us, seeing these kids come up and help, it’s awesome. They’re playing phenomenal right now. They fit right in, there is no learning curve for these kids. They’re ready, they’re professionals.”

The trio combined to go 5-for-13 with two home runs, four runs batted in – two coming in extra innings – and four runs scored against the Guardians. Each of them have found ways to create winning plays whenever called upon. The Mets called them up in a time of need, a decision that will certainty help throughout the rest of this season.

While all three have made their presence felt – the Mets are 3-0 since the trio were placed on the roster – it has been Àlvarez who has really started to hit his stride. The highly-rated rookie catcher is hitting .261 over his last 15 games with four homers and nine RBI. And Àlvarez is thrilled to be making such a sizeable impact on the biggest stage with two of his closest friends right next to him in the heat of battle.

“These guys are like my brothers, they’re my family,” Àlvarez said of Baty and Vientos. “I hope I can be around them for the rest of my career so that we can all be together.”

It seems as if this offense has found another gear over the last three days, much of which can be accredited to the energy that has been added in from the kids. Baty, Álvarez and Vientos will continue to see their name in the lineup if they are able to keep this up. And, if that does happen, then you can expect to hear the term ‘The Baby Mets’ more and more often.

“It’s cool, it’s a nice thing to say,” Àlvarez said when asked about Lindor inventing the ‘Baby Mets’ nickname. “Every single time he says it we’re winning, so he can say it whenever he wants.”