Mets great Carter attends college team's opener

Brain cancer didn’t keep Gary Carter from Opening Day.

Carter, the head baseball coach at Palm Beach Atlantic University in Florida, made it to his team’s first game last night, according to the Palm Beach Post.

The paper reported the 57-year-old former Mets catcher, who was diagnosed with brain cancer last May and whose condition worsened last month, talked to his players and told them, “Let’s get a win tonight,” before Palm Beach Atlantic defeated Lynn University, 3-2 at Roger Dean Stadium in Jupiter, Fla.

“He wanted to be here for his guys, here for opening day,” Carter’s daughter Kimmy Bloemers told the paper. “It’s a great day.”

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KID STUFF: Gary Carter, the Hall of Famer who is battling brain cancer, holds his 2-year-old granddaughter Alyse last night in Jupiter, Fla.

A recent MRI exam on the Hall of Famer showed more tumors on his brain, and doctors are trying to figure out a new course of treatment.

Carter reportedly watched the game from a private booth in the press box for three innings and didn’t see the end of the game, which was won in the bottom of the ninth.

”It’s very rough to see him in the shape he is,” outfielder Ethan Perla told the paper. “But at the same time you have to be happy because he’s going to end up in a better place.”

danmartin@nypost.com