The Mets had just lost 11 of 12 games when Brandon Nimmo insisted that they “still got a shot” at the division.

This was about two weeks ago: The Mets were 5 ½ games behind the Phillies and a game and a half in front of the Reds for the National League's final wild card spot and Nimmo’s comments seemed optimistic at best, unrealistically idealistic at worst. By the time Tuesday rolled around, the numbers hadn’t changed too much. The Phillies had a six-game lead and the Reds had dropped off a bit, at 2 ½ games behind.

And yet, Nimmo’s comments, while unlikely, don’t seem quite as farfetched as they once did. And he’s a big reason.

Nimmo hit a bases loaded, walk-off RBI single in the ninth off closer Jhoan Duran, as the Mets bounced back from Ryan Helsley’s eighth-inning collapse to win,

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