It was night full of “smiles” as the Mets beat up on the hapless Oakland A’s 9-2 at the Oakland Coliseum on Friday night.

For starters, the Mets thoroughly dominated the A’s in a game that wasn’t even close. New York jumped out to a 3-0 second inning lead on RBI base hits by Mark Vientos and Brandon Nimmo.

Later Eduardo Escobar put the game away in the fifth inning when he lined a pitch over the left field wall for a grand slam homer to put the Mets up 7-0. Escobar has been killing it with the bat of late. He is hitting .329 with seven homers and 17 RBI at a time when the Mets are without Starling Marte (hand injury). Escobar’s September surge is a huge need for a ball club that is trying to hold off the Atlanta Braves.

Speaking of the Braves, they fell to the Philadelphia Phillies 9-1 on Friday, meaning New York holds a 2.5 game lead in the NL East.

But the Mets weren’t the only ones smiling in Oakland last night. During the early stages of the game, just under the score-bug in the front row sat a woman in a highlighter yellow t-shirt that read “SMILE.” For the longest time she sat there with a evil smile frozen on her face.

SNY zoomed in on the woman who certainly sent a jolt through fans watching the game, as everyone jumped on Twitter to remark on it.

• SMILE, SMILE EVERYWHERE

  Apparently the woman at the Mets-A’s game wasn’t the only one. There was a “simile” at the Yankees game too.

  Here’s some fun, clever movie promo - Paramount seemingly placed #Smile actors in the crowd at both the Yankees and Mets games last night, both in view of cameras. The results were indeed creepy. Going to a game this weekend? Watch out for the smiles! 😃 pic.twitter.com/aC3sqZjWvI

  — Erik Davis (@ErikDavis) September 24, 2022

• Hilarious Reactions

  Fans were having a blast pointing out the smile woman in the front row, so much that it overtook the game.

  Mets fans watching the Mets -A’s game and looking at this “smile lady”like … pic.twitter.com/E3A29i6dlS

  — Michael R. Cohen (@OpenMikeNJ) September 24, 2022

  that is the point. it is marketing for the new horror movie Smile. there is a creepy girl in a yellow shirt at the mets game doing the same.

  — Biggles Mets Editor (@Biggles_Edits) September 24, 2022

  Whoever’s getting paid to sit front seat at the Mets game and just smile like a freak whenever the camera points in her direction, just to promote @SmileMovie, you’re who I want to be when I grow up.

  — LIL STINKER (@Doctor_Mothman) September 24, 2022

  my sleep paralysis demon is behind home plate in this @Mets game #smile

  — Kayla Paine (@thelayzblonde) September 24, 2022

• Paging Steve Cohen...

  One fan had a great idea. Bring “Smile Woman” to Citi Field. Why not? Com’on Steve Cohen, you already broke the internet once with Timmy Trumpet.

  If #Mets win tonight, they need to invite #Smile to every Mets Playoffs game!!

  — Kindness🇱🇹 (@GintautasSipas) September 24, 2022

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