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Joe Torre is about two hours from Yankee Stadium, but, for at least the next few days, he has sashayed back into the middle of New York’s baseball season.

Manager Willie Randolph began a weeklong homestand in danger of being fired, but left town for an overnight flight to the West Coast with five victories in his last six games.

Ryan Church returned to the Mets’ lineup on Sunday, batting sixth against Dodgers starter Hiroki Kuroda.

The Mets have found a solution for their lack of late-inning comebacks. And his name is Fernando Tatis.

The streaking Mets reverted to their lackluster selves Friday night in a sloppy loss to the Dodgers that snapped a three-game winning streak.

Thursday’s win over the Dodgers shifted the focus from Mets Willie Randolph’s future to the team’s return to a .500 record.

Joe Torre returned to Shea facing Willie Randolph’s Mets with his young Dodgers.

John Maine carried a two-hit shutout into the ninth inning and the Mets found offense in unexpected places as they routed the Dodgers.

John Maine became the first Mets starter this year to reach the eighth inning, taking a shutout into the ninth Wednesday during a rout of the Los Angeles Dodgers.

The Mets stranded 13 runners, leaving the bases loaded three times in the first four innings — on each occasion failing to get the ball out of the infield.