Right-hander Chris Bassitt struck out eight in six innings, Davis Schneider had a two-run triple and the Toronto Blue Jays defeated the visiting New York Mets 6-2 Tuesday night.Bassitt (10-13) allowed one run, five hits and one walk to go 2-0 in his career against his former team, the Mets.The teams have split the first two games of a three-game series. The Mets (79-66) dropped into a tie with the Atlanta Braves for the third National League wild-card spot.The loss was the second in 12 games for the Mets. It was the second win in eight games for Toronto (69-77).Mets left-hander David Peterson (9-2) allowed five runs (four earned), eight hits and two walks with two strikeouts in 4 1/3 innings.The Mets scored once in the first. Francisco Lindor and Jesse Winker singled. The Blue Jays could not complete what would have been an inning-ending double play on Pete Alonso’s broken-bat comebacker to Bassitt and Brandon Nimmo hit an RBI single to center.Toronto tied the game in the second. Ernie Clement reached first base when Mark Vientos bobbled his grounder to third. Clement reached second on a wild pitch and took third on another wild pitch on ball four to Spencer Horwitz. Leo Jimenez then lined an RBI single to left.