Mets keeping focus on Brewers series after escape from Atlanta

MILWAUKEE — The Mets beat the hurricane out of Atlanta, losing only one game in their town of terror and leaving mostly dry and completely alive — both in reality and in the standings.So that’s better than past trips there. The likelihood is the Mets will have to endure an unwanted return excursion to Atlanta to play a game or even two Monday, which is especially inconvenient since their potential postseason starts Tuesday.

But let’s not worry about that now.They say they aren’t, which is really what counts. For today, the team from Queens is thrilled to be here in beautiful Milwaukee.

While it’s inarguably a great place by a great lake — the city’s apt slogan — it isn’t normally known as a place where folks come for better weather. But while Atlanta dries out after facing down Hurricane Helene, it’s so perfect here that the roof at American Family Field was slated to remain open Friday night for the first game of a series that means everything to the Mets and practically nothing to the Brewers. While they haven’t played two straight days and haven’t won for four, things are still looking mostly positive for the Mets as they head into what was supposed to be the final series of the regular season but very likely won’t be.No analytics genius was on hand to provide the exact chances to avoid heading back to Atlanta for either one or possibly two games Monday, but they all know it’s going to take great play here — plus a little luck to avoid that return journey to Dixie, where they can expect the unusual brand of Southern hospitality the Braves often provide. “We’ve had a lot of weird stuff this season, so we’re going to just keep playing,” Mets baseball honcho David Stearns said of the Monday possibility. The message is they aren’t thinking about what looks inevitable and aren’t worrying about any future inconvenience.

They will keep their focus on the series here.They also know — no matter the travel schedule �...