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Amazin’ inning, amazin’ victory

The Mets usually are known for their wackiness off the field.

They pulled some of it on the field for a change last night, inexplicably erupting for eight runs on a team-record 10 hits in the fourth inning of an eventual 9-4 win over the Braves.

Not only that, but the explosion was from a Mets lineup that wouldn’t have been out of place at Triple-A Buffalo — and came mostly against Atlanta ace Derek Lowe.

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The 29-minute half inning was even more remarkable because it didn’t include a triple or a home run, coming instead on seven singles and three doubles.

Gary Sheffield had two of the doubles, and Luis Castillo had two of the singles as the Mets sent 13 men to the plate.

“Those are fun games to have,” Sheffield said.

“We’ve been on the other side, and it’s not so fun. Bouncing back the way we did shows the character of this team.”

The Mets fell short of the franchise record of 11 runs in one inning, set July 26, 2006, at the Cubs, but their 10 hits topped the previous club mark of nine hits in an inning, set four times.

The Mets — who laced five consecutive hits off Lowe — hadn’t scored eight runs in an inning since Aug. 13, 2008, at Washington.

For them to do so last night with virtually every key piece on the disabled list or out for the season made this one a true shocker.

The Mets didn’t stop there, either, cranking out 17 hits overall to make a winner of Oliver Perez (3-3) for the first time since July 8 despite a shaky start from the loopy left-hander.

Perez, who struck out four and walked one while adding a single in the memorable fourth, won even though he lasted just five innings after putting the Mets in an early 4-0 hole on homers by Matt Diaz and Adam LaRoche.

Perez was pulled three innings after aggravating a right knee injury while covering first, which could jeopardize his next start.

The fact that Perez won despite raising his ERA to 6.06 from 5.97 showed just how unusual the Mets’ fourth win in their past six games truly was.

A Mets team that had scored just eight runs in its previous three games combined got at least two hits each from five players, including a three-hit night from Castillo.

“We just kept pounding balls in the gap,” Jeff Francoeur said of the fourth.

“It’s nice to be on this side … for a change.”

bhubbuch@nypost.com