Brett Baty exits game with hamstring tightness in Mets concern

Brett Baty’s good start to the season took a hit Tuesday, as the third baseman was removed from the Mets’ 3-1 win over Pittsburgh with left hamstring tightness.

He felt the injury when he lunged to try to beat out a base hit to lead off the bottom of the fifth and briefly remained in the game.

Both Baty and Carlos Mendoza sounded confident afterward that the injury was caught early and called it day-to-day, with an off day following Wednesday’s series finale at Citi Field.

Baty, who was 0-for-2 with a pair of groundouts, said he initially decided to stay in the game, but still had tightness when he tested it running while at third base in the top of the sixth, so he was removed.

After the game, Baty noted he had a similar injury last year while the team was on the West Coast, but he ended up missing just parts of two games.

He was replaced Tuesday by Joey Wendle — and since everything is coming up Mets these days, the little-used utility infielder delivered a game-tying double in the bottom of the seventh.