Mets 3

Marlins 2

Tom Glavine called the Mets behind him last night “the ‘B’ lineup.” Willie Randolph preferred to refer to the backups starting against the Marlins as his “A-minus guys.”

Regardless of the terminology, Glavine brought his “A” game.

Reassuring teammates and fans he’s primed for the playoffs, the Mets lefty allowed four hits and two earned runs over eight innings, and the reserves rallied for a 3-2 victory over Florida.

“It felt like one of those spring-training games with the long bus trip that none of your starters went on,” Glavine said. “It was definitely the ‘B’ lineup so to speak, as we call it in spring training, but those guys are still major-league players.”

Glavine (14-6) walked two and whiffed three while tying his longest outing of the year, April 19 versus Atlanta. He also moved into sole possession of 23rd place with his 289th career win.

“That’s one of the luxuries of being where we are,” Glavine said. “As much as I want to go out there and win games, that’s not quite as important as trying to get some things squared away for the postseason.

“It just so happened I was able to do that, and we won the game.”

Glavine was able to locate on both sides of the plate, reduce his pitch count (he threw 103), and utilize his curveball the third time through the Florida lineup. His only mistake was a two-run homer Wes Helms mashed in the second.

“He was awesome,” Randolph said of Glavine.

A two-run rally in the eighth by Randolph’s reserves gave the Mets (92-58) their 37th comeback win. Lastings Milledge stroked the tying single to right with one out, and Michael Tucker came through with an opposite-field single to left after Julio Franco was intentionally walked.

Anderson Hernandez drove in the first run in the third with his first major-league homer, a shot to left off Scott Olsen.

For the reserves, last night was a chance to make a case to be on the playoff roster.

“I think about it all the time, because it’s an opportunity,” Milledge said.