The Mets won a thriller tonight, 6-4. It was an exciting one too. Jon Niese allowed two runs on a series of bloops and bleeders in the first — even Hanley Ramirez’s double wasn’t struck particularly hard. He settled in from there and pitched excellently, keeping the Marlins off base and off balance and using only 87 pitches to get through seven innings. David Wright homered in the fourth, then Carlos Beltran scored from first on Ike Davis’ double in the sixth to tie it up.

The Mets took the lead in the ninth when Josh Thole singled in Chin-Lung Hu, who pinch ran for Ike Davis earlier in the inning. Francisco Rodriguez blew the save in the bottom of the frame, but the Mets put up a three spot in a tenth thanks to a Wright single and a Willie Harris double. Blaine Boyer yielded a run in the bottom of the inning, but the Mets held on to win, 6-4. Good game.

But you know all that already. Here’s what you might not know: The Mets are now 1-1, meaning they’re on pace to go 81-81. That’s math baby. And suddenly — funny how this works — the clouds over the team’s fanbase seem to be dissipating. Expect clear skies until the Mets’ next loss.

The post-game Pitbull concert is in full swing, making it difficult to concentrate on the point I was going to make about Terry Collins bunting in the top of the 10th with Jose Reyes on first and Angel Pagan batting. Pagan showed bunt but laid off the first two pitches, working the count to 2-0.

Over the past two seasons, Angel Pagan has a .544 on-base percentage after a 2-0 count. It’s not a huge sample, but it’s hardly rocket science to expect hitters to be a lot more successful once they’re so far ahead in the count. Collins left the bunt on and it happened to pay off: Pagan tapped one up the third-base line, Greg Dobbs couldn’t make any play and the Mets found two runners on base with no outs.

The process — successful though the result was —  is all too familiar to Mets fans of the Jerry Manuel era, and plenty frustrating. Though the Mets only needed one run to take the lead at that point, they would wind up needing two runs to win. Collins, willing to sacrifice Pagan to move a runner to second, was playing for one. Also probably worth mentioning that basestealers are 10-for-10 against Ryan Webb in the Marlins pitcher’s career and the baserunner in this case was Jose Reyes. I’ll amount that perhaps Collins considered that Pagan had a good chance at reaching safely with Dobbs at third.

Whatever. This is not the time for quibbling about strategy. It’s time to enjoy Pitbull and bask in the Mets’ victory.

Niese said he felt sharp all night. Josh Thole said the key for Niese is getting his breaking pitches over, and the lefty broke off a handful of nasty curveballs in the game. Wright went 3-for-5, including the homer. Beltran’s knee held up on the jaunt around the bases and a couple long runs for foul balls in right. Davis hit a pair of doubles. Like I said, this was a good game.

This is a less-good concert.