Get to .500. Get to .500. That’s been the mantra of the Mets fan base for the past few weeks, as the club has been trying to right the ship after a tough first two months of the season that saw their name appear near the worst team in baseball discussion statistically.

The team embarked on a six-game road trip last week, matching up with the Texas Rangers for two, followed by four with the Atlanta Braves over the weekend, including a make up game from a rain out on May 4.

The Mets started a tough stretch of games last Friday, as the team plays 27 games in 28 days, including matchups with the defending World Series Champion Chicago Cubs, two series against the first-place Washington Nationals and the Los Angeles Dodgers for four in Los Angeles.

The Mets went 4-2 on the road trip, and picked up two games on the Nationals prior to Monday night’s game against the Cubs at home.

The team welcomed back star left fielder Yoenis Cespedes for the first game of the doubleheader Saturday, going 1-for-4 at the plate before he stepped up in the top of the ninth with the bases loaded.

Cespedes, always the one for in-game dramatics, drilled a 1-1 fastball into the left-center field stands for the fifth grand slam of his career. His career with the bases loaded is impressive: .438/.418/.875 with 63 RBI.

The team also welcomed back reinforcements for the starting rotation, activating right-hander Seth Lugo and lefty Steven Matz.

Both pitched brilliantly in their returns, each tossing seven innings of one-run ball and earning the victories. The Mets rotation has been much improved over the past week, ranking third in the majors in ERA (2.70), third in HR/9 (0.49), and ninth in batting average against (.239). Another positive takeaway was that three of the six starters went seven innings, and Robert Gsellman narrowly missed being the fourth as he went 6 2/3 innings.

Center fielder Juan Lagares had a big week as well, getting at least one hit in all five games he played, with three extra-base hits and posting a 1.167 OPS, tied for fourth best on the team for the week.

As always, here are your MMO Players of the Week for June 5-11.

OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK: JAY BRUCE

Jay Bruce earns MMO’s Player of the Week after slashing .348/.348/.826, leading the team with three home runs, seven RBI, and placing third in OPS at 1.174. Bruce recorded at least one hit in the five games he played, and had multi-hit games in three of them.

Bruce was a one-man wrecking crew in Tuesday’s 4-3 win against the Texas Rangers in Arlington. With one on and one out in the fourth and the Mets down a run, Bruce crushed an 0-1 curveball from Yu Darvish into the Rangers’ bullpen, that caromed back onto the field. An umpire review confirmed that it was a two-run homer for the lefty slugger, No. 14 on the season and gave the Mets a 2-1 lead.

But Bruce was not done with Darvish just yet. After two straight strikeouts to start the sixth, Bruce stepped up to the plate and smacked an opposite field homer to left, giving the Mets some breathing room with a 3-1 lead. It was Bruce’s 15th home run in his 54th game of the year. That’s the second quickest he’s reached 15 homers since 2011, when he accomplished that in 51 games.

For his career, Bruce is slashing .667/.667/.1.667 against Darvish.

In Saturday’s second game of the doubleheader, the 8-1 drubbing of the Atlanta Braves, Bruce once again got the Mets on the board. He connected for a three-run home run in the fifth, his 16th of the season. That seemed to help open the flood gates for the Mets offense, as both teams were scoreless prior to that at-bat. The Mets would tack on five more runs from the sixth to the ninth, and Bruce added a single in the ninth, good for his 14th multi-hit game of the season.

Prior to Monday night’s game against the Chicago Cubs, Bruce leads the Mets in home runs (16), RBI (43), hits (59), and extra-base hits (30).

PITCHER OF THE WEEK: SETH LUGO

Seth Lugo earns MMO’s Pitcher of the Week, after returning from right elbow inflammation that sidelined him for the first two months of the season.

Lugo was masterful in Sunday’s 2-1 series victory, pitching seven innings of one-run ball, giving up just six hits, two walks, and six strikeouts, a career high for the right-hander.

What separates Lugo from his other potentially deserving teammates for Pitcher of the Week was his ability to get ahead in the count and limit his pitch count to just 90 over those seven sharp innings.

The 90 pitches over seven innings was the lowest pitch count for any Mets’ starter who pitched at least seven innings this season. (Jacob deGrom edged him in Monday’s start, tossing 89 pitches through seven innings).

Lugo had 18 first pitch strikes against the 29 batters faced, and was masterful in the fifth inning, as he worked out of a one out, bases loaded jam, getting first baseman Matt Adams to ground into an inning-ending double play.

His bat played a huge part in the afternoon’s contest, as he doubled in his first at-bat in the third, and later came around to score on Juan Lagares’ single, giving the Mets the lead and eventual winning run, 2-1. The double was Lugo’s second of his career.

Terry Collins was pleased with Lugo’s return to the mound Sunday, and praised the 27-year-old’s use of his secondary pitches.

“I thought he located his fastball,” Collins said. “He was down with it and he moved it up when he had to. He threw sliders for strikes and used his changeup when he was behind in the count for strikes. He also used his curveball and kept them off balance. That is what he does.”