Just back from the minors, Francisco Alvarez played a major role in the New York Mets' comeback win. After tearing up Triple-A pitching for a few weeks, the 23-year-old catcher returned to New York's starting lineup Monday night and provided a huge lift in a 7-5 victory over the Los Angeles Angels.

In his second game back from Triple A, Francisco Alvarez hit a game-tying home run that sparked the Mets to a 3-2 win over the Angels on Tuesday.

The bottom of the Mets' lineup has struggled with a .612 OPS since June, but Monday showed why internal help might be coming.

July 21 - The New York Mets recalled catcher Francisco Alvarez from Triple-A Syracuse among several moves on Monday.

Francisco Alvarez’s bat is cooking, and the Mets are noticing. The catcher had six homers in his past four games for Triple-A Syracuse entering Saturday night and continues to show improvement behind the plate, according to manager Carlos Mendoza, in what has been an open-ended minor league assignment.

The Mets plan to recall Alvarez from Triple A ahead of their game Monday, league sources told The Athletic. The news, which was first reported by the New York Post, will give way for the 23-year-old catcher to earn another chance in the majors after responding to a demotion last month with improvements on offense and defense.

Brett Baty, Francisco Alvarez and Ronny Mauricio have spent the last two games providing evidence the New York Mets might not need to look outside the organization for difference-making offensive players prior to the July 31 trade deadline.

No matter what deals David Stearns can execute in the next nine days, there’s nothing that’d be more valuable to the Mets than a Francisco Alvarez who’s finally shattered the Quadruple-A glass