Tebow sighting

There were 8,757 people Monday at Publix Field, a good percentage of them showed up after they saw who the Mets brought to town — Tim Tebow.

Tebow started in left field and went 0-for-3 with a couple of misadventures in the outfield. He took a bad route and never came near a bloop double by Andrew Romine and, after a long run, he dropped a foul pop-up by Steven Moya.

“Give the guy credit, he took some good swings today,” Ausmus said. “He plays hard. You can tell by the way he goes after the ball in the outfield he’s willing to risk life and limb. I wish him luck.

“But he’s not part of the Tigers organization, so I don’t really care.”