The Mets are lighting up Citi Field, even before their batters step up to the plate. About 70 front-office staffers scattered around the ballpark for over five hours to install 3,500 strips of LED lights on each railing ahead of New York’s first home postseason game.

October baseball returns to Citi Field late Tuesday afternoon, when what has been a rousing Mets-Phillies matchup after two games arrives in Queens for Game 3 of the National League Division Series. T

The Phillies will have to prove themselves pretty fearless to guarantee a return trip to the Bank. Pros don’t rattle easily but they do rattle.