MLB

Mets’ win marred as hammy could land David on DL

Rarely has a win tasted so bittersweet or been so overshadowed.

The Mets beat the Royals 4-2 last night on Eric Young Jr.’s 11th-inning walk-off home run, but David Wright strained his balky right hamstring legging out an infield hit an inning prior and was removed from the game. Wright is scheduled to have an MRI exam today, but a trip to the disabled list seems likely.

“He’ll get an MRI, but mostly likely not all that good,” manager Terry Collins said of Wright, who hit a two-run home run in the first inning.

Wright clutched at the same hamstring after stealing a base Wednesday night in Miami, but vowed it was just a cramp and not an issue.

Now it is.

“One thing he said was he was able to play and we knew he could play,” Collins said. “He just didn’t want to have to do any really fast bursts. He just wanted to get extended to try to help us win a baseball game. That’s what it was all about.”

When asked who would replace Wright at third, Collins said, “I don’t know. The game just got over and right now it’s bittersweet at the moment.”

Dillon Gee gave the Mets a quality start, Pedro Feliciano recorded a huge ninth-inning out in his first major league appearance in three years and Carlos Torres, who had been scheduled to start today, surfaced from the bullpen with two scoreless innings for the win.

“We needed it bad. Dillon pitched a good ballgame, with what happened today with the relief pitching … to come back and win the game is really big for us,” said Collins, alluding to Josh Edgin (rib stress fracture) being put on the DL and Bobby Parnell (neck) being shelved until at least tomorrow.

Young tagged a 3-1 pitch over the fence in right for the first walk-off hit of his career.

“First ever home run or walk-off, and it’s just as good as everybody says it is,’’ Young said. “I think its big obviously with our captain going down, not sure the extent of his injury and not sure how long he’s going to be out, but definitely was a pick-up for everybody, including myself.

“We got our spirits lifted up. [Playing without Wright] is a big challenge, but we’ve got a lot of guys who are looking for a chance to go out there. Maybe they get a chance to go showcase what they have.”

Gee did his best to spare the bullpen and shut down the Royals, who had won nine straight. He allowed just three hits and a lone run in seven-plus innings.

But after David Aardsma — who assumed the closer role with Parnell unavailable — came in and blew the lead in the top of the ninth, Collins called on Feliciano, who was called up before the game to replace Edgin.

Making his first major league appearance since 2010, Feliciano came in and retired Alex Gordon to strand the go-ahead runner at third.

Ike Davis, moved down to seventh in the lineup and out of the middle of the order for the first time since coming back from the minors, responded by going 3-for-3 with a walk.

Shortstop Omar Quintanilla drew a leadoff walk in the 11th and scored on Young’s homer.