If there was a bright spot for the Mets in this week’s back-to-back blown-lead losses to the Atlanta Braves, it was Francisco Lindor .

The shortstop showed signs of breaking out, going a combined 5-for-7 with a home run, two walks, four runs and a stolen base in Wednesday and Thursday’s games at Citi Field.

“I’m getting the barrel to the baseball,” Lindor said after Thursday’s 4-3 defeat . “It’s obvious, but it’s the reality.”

Thursday’s 3-for-4 performance capped a three-game series in which Lindor finished 6-for-11 and scored five times.

He went hitless in the five games before those, continuing what’s been an uneven season for last year’s National League MVP runner-up.

Lindor’s overall numbers — 22 home runs, 65 RBI and 19 steals going into Friday — are strong, and he was the

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