The nights were perfect at Jack Murphy Stadium, allowing Ty Wigginton to take in two or three games per week with his family

With the beautiful skies and ideal temperatures, San Diego screams soft. But Wigginton – who’s making a little bit of a name for himself at Shea these days – focused on Tim Flannery.

Flannery, a .255 career hitter, played the game with ultra-intensity. This is how Wigginton does his thing. While struggling in the field with a couple errors, Wigginton’s shown some power, belting two homers, including a solo shot in Friday’s 3-2 loss to the Dodgers.

“He is a hard-nosed guy,” Norfolk and Met teammate Mike Bacsik said. “His effort, good game or bad, he’s not going to let it affect him. If he strikes out the first at-bat looking bad, that doesn’t matter. He still is going to play the game hard the rest of the way. That is not going to affect his style. A lot of younger guys, if that happens in the first at-bat, you might as well put them down for an 0-for-4.”

Ultimately, the Mets envision Wigginton as a better-hitting Joe McEwing. Wigginton can play second, third and is working on left field.

“We like what we have seen,” assistant Jim Duquette said of Wiggington.

The Mets aren’t limiting Wigginton’s ceiling, but with Robbie Alomar at second and Edgardo Alfonzo at third, it is hard to find a regular spot at Shea for Wigginton.

Although Alfonzo is a free agent, the Mets aren’t expected to consider Wigginton as a possible replacement.

“You just want to try and learn as much as you can about how to play the game,” the 24-year-old Wigginton said. “I try to talk to [Mike] Piazza, Alomar and all those guys, just learn as much as I can. John Valentin has been huge for me, going deeper into the game.”

The game is easy now for Wigginton. When he came up in May, he didn’t play much and lost his rhythm.

“He was batting around .400 for the first month at Triple-A playing a solid third base every day,” Bacsik said. “Then he got called up and was real hot. He came back down and cooled off a bit.”

He eventually found his stroke. Upon his return to Shea this month, he packed his confidence, too.

“The second go-around around here, it is like, ‘You know what? It is just baseball,'” Wigginton said. “I’ve just got to stay with the same approach that I used in Triple-A and I just have to battle. I’ve just have to stay with that.”

The way the team is playing lately doesn’t make it easier on a rookie. Teammates like Wigginton’s skills and have noticed he is fitting in better now than in May.

“He can flat out hit,” Tony Tarasco said. “I know his defense is better than he’s shown. Sometimes you get a little stiff when you are a rookie; especially the way we’ve been playing.

His dad, Don, coached Wigginton from Little League through high school. A school bus supervisor, Don, constantly encouraged Ty to play all out. Wigginton looked up to Pete Rose and Don Mattingly, along with Flannery.

“They just went out and played hard,” Wigginton said. “It works out for the best.”