ANAHEIM, Calif. — The Mets went all of July with out dropping a sequence, however August’s early canine days have been a wrestle.
Significantly, a lineup that propelled the group again into the wild-card hunt earlier than the All-Star break was spotty the entire weekend towards the Angels, however most pronounced on Sunday.
The Mets managed solely 5 hits in a 3-2 loss at Angel Stadium that gave these underwhelming Angels a sequence victory.
It’s hardly the beginning the Mets (58-53) wanted on this first cease in a four-city highway journey that also has seven video games remaining.
The Mets completed 2-for-10 (.200) with runners in scoring place. For the weekend, they have been 6-for-35 (.171) in that class.
Francisco Lindor and Jeff McNeil are among the many hitters which have remained sizzling, however the Mets are nonetheless ready most notably for Brandon Nimmo and Francisco Alvarez to regain momentum.
J.D. Martinez and Pete Alonso every had huge moments within the sequence, however each went silent on this present day towards Griffin Canning and the Angels bullpen.
The Mets hadn’t misplaced a sequence since June 28-30, when the Astros gained two of three video games at Citi Subject.
The Mets needed to be completely satisfied simply to obtain 5 innings from Jose Quintana on a day he wasn’t significantly sharp.
The left-hander allowed three earned runs on three hits and 4 walks with a success batter over these 5 innings, departing after 96 pitches.
Harrison Bader’s RBI single within the second gave the Mets a 1-0 lead.
The Mets staged a two-out rally, starting with first baseman Nolan Schanuel’s error, which allowed Alvarez to succeed in. McNeil adopted with a stroll earlier than Bader delivered for his thirty seventh RBI this season.
Quintana fell right into a 2-1 gap within the backside of the inning. Taylor Ward singled main off the body and reached third on Jo Adell’s double earlier than a wild pitch from Quintana introduced within the first run.
Charles Leblanc walked to place runners on the corners and Matt Thaiss’ sacrifice fly introduced within the second run.
Zach Neto — whose three-run homer within the seventh an evening earlier towards Huascar Brazoban sank the Mets — stroked a leadoff triple within the third and scored on Kevin Pillar’s sacrifice fly that prolonged the Angels result in 3-1.
Quintana additionally walked Logan O’Hoppe and plunked Taylor Ward within the inning, however escaped with out additional harm.
Lindor’s RBI single within the fifth pulled the Mets inside 3-2.
McNeil’s leadoff double sparked the inning earlier than Lindor, with one out, delivered. Nimmo prolonged the rally with a stroll earlier than Canning retired Martinez and Alonso.
Lindor hit a shot towards the appropriate area foul pole within the seventh that was initially dominated a house run by first base umpire Shane Livensparger, however a dialog among the many crew modified the decision to a foul ball. The Mets challenged the decision and misplaced.
The Mets had an opportunity within the eighth: Alonso was hit by a pitch and Jesse Winker singled, however Mark Vientos grounded into an inning-ending double play.
Adam Ottavino, Danny Younger and Phil Maton mixed to provide the Mets three innings of scoreless aid. Edwin Diaz didn’t seem within the sequence and hasn’t pitched since Tuesday, when he acquired the ultimate 4 outs for the save towards the Twins.
