Wright on! Crowd cheers as captain pinch-hits

By the time David Wright made the short walk from the Mets’ dugout to the on-deck circle on Friday, Citi Field was abuzz. As fans adulated him, Wright looped his bat in a series of arcs, first with his right hand, then with his left. He went through his routine, strode to the plate and hacked at the first pitch he saw: a 96-mph Jose Urena fastball. Grounding it to third base, Wright said afterward that he was happy just to put it in play.