The Mets have mastered the artwork of the gut-punch.
It’s simply not that they proceed to search out methods to lose video games. It’s how they lose video games that makes the staff notably irritating for the fan base.
The Mets introduced one other lead into the ninth inning and flushed it on Sunday. Jake Diekman served up a two-run homer to Ketel Marte that proved to be the game-winner in a 5-4 loss to the Diamondbacks in entrance of 31,059 at Citi Subject.
The Mets (24-35) have misplaced momentum from Thursday’s players-only assembly, following a pair of wins by dropping two in a row for a collection break up. They haven’t gained a collection since Might 6-7 in St. Louis.
The Mets entered the ninth inning with loads of good feeling from a rolling bullpen. Dedniel Núñez, Danny Younger, Reed Garrett and Adam Ottavino had come up large in aid of Jose Quintana (4 innings, three runs) and mixed for 4 scoreless innings with 9 strikeouts.
However in a bullpen with out Edwin Diaz, Diekman arrived for the ninth and rapidly confirmed he had nothing. Gabriel Moreno doubled earlier than Marte’s deep homer to heart turned the newest low blow for the Mets.
Till the fateful ninth, it had appeared that the Mets’ large third inning was all they would want.
They entered the third inning down, 3-0, and went to work.
Tyrone Taylor’s double and Luis Torrens’ stroll started a rally that acquired going with two outs. Pete Alonso floor a single for the primary run. Brandon Nimmo and J.D. Martinez then launched back-to-back triples — for a staff that entered play with two triples all season — to attain three extra. Nimmo reached third with the assistance of a fruitless dive by proper fielder Randal Grichuk, whereas Martinez’s triple bounded off the center-field wall.
The Mets have been held down for the following six innings, which didn’t matter till Diekman got here in.
