Mets’ offense no-shows once more in all-around ugly loss to Dodgers as skid hits 4

As depressing as the primary half of the season was for the Mets, the second half is shaping as much as be even worse. 

They misplaced Saturday night time for a second straight because the All-Star break, a putrid 5-1 defeat to the Dodgers that featured one other no-show from the lineup, some shaky work out of the bullpen and comically unhealthy fielding. 

Because of this, they’ve adopted up a six-game successful streak by shedding 4 in a row. 

The one sounds out of the Citi Discipline crowd have been both extra boos from the Mets followers readily available or cheers from the various Dodgers followers in attendance. 

It’s onerous to say what was extra emblematic of the Mets’ horrific season, their failure to attain whereas down by a run with runners on the corners and no out within the eighth or Brett Baty’s Little League-level error on a Max Muncy pop-up within the ninth. 

In addition they have scored only one run on 4 hits of their final two video games, however all that actually issues is the newest loss dropped the Mets (42-50) again to eight video games underneath .500.

From this level, to get to the 87 wins that received the Phillies into the postseason final yr, the Mets must go 45-25, which appears pretty inconceivable. 

“Not ok,’’ Adam Ottavino mentioned of the group’s play. “I don’t understand how else to say it.” 

Ottavino, who gave up the go-ahead run within the eighth inning, mentioned that regardless of the daunting numbers, the Mets haven’t given up hope. 

“It’s nonetheless largely a gaggle of men which have gained lots of video games in our careers,’’ Ottavino mentioned. “You attempt to not look too far on the massive image as a result of that’s one thing we will’t management.” 

A robust outing by Kodai Senga, who allowed one run in six innings after the beginning of the sport was delayed by 46 minutes as a consequence of unhealthy climate within the space, was wasted. 

Ottavino was the sufferer of some misfortune as he gave up the go-ahead run within the prime of the eighth.

Pete Alonso’s poor throw to second prevented what might have been an inning-ending double play by David Peralta, which as an alternative become a go-ahead forceout. 

Alonso mentioned he didn’t “remorse the choice” to throw, noting {that a} good toss probably would have resulted within the double play. 

The Mets had simply two hits earlier than pinch-hitter Tommy Pham walked to steer off the underside of the eighth and Francisco Alvarez’s single to left-center despatched him to 3rd. However pinch-hitter Mark Canha popped out on the primary pitch he noticed from lefty Caleb Ferguson and an overmatched Baty struck out earlier than Luis Guillorme — with Starling Marte apparently unavailable off the bench as a consequence of sickness — did the identical. 

“It’s most likely a unique sport if we get a run in,” Canha mentioned. “We’ve lots of work to do. We all know that. It’s been a wrestle all yr to seek out constant manufacturing.” 

Not surprisingly, the shortcoming to at the very least tie the rating drew the ire of the Citi Discipline crowd, because the Mets’ season slipped additional into oblivion. 

Going through Tony Gonsolin — who had an 8.14 ERA over his earlier 4 begins — the Mets’ lineup got here up almost empty once more after that they had been one-hit in a shutout loss on Friday. 

Mookie Betts gave the Dodgers the early lead with a two-out, opposite-field solo homer within the third inning. 

Brandon Nimmo, who simply missed a leadoff homer Friday (it ended up a double), blasted a leadoff no-doubt dwelling run to middle within the fourth.

That tied the rating at 1-1 and gave the Mets their first run of the second half. 

The Mets bumped into hassle within the eighth as Ottavino gave up consecutive one-out singles via the best aspect of the infield to Muncy and J.D. Martinez.

That arrange Peralta’s go-ahead grounder. 

And after the Mets squandered their likelihood within the eighth, the Dodgers tacked on three extra runs within the ninth, capped by Baty’s ugly play, on which he misplaced monitor of the Muncy pop-up earlier than the ball hit off his face and rolled away, permitting a run to attain. 

“It’s extraordinarily irritating,’’ Alonso mentioned. “We didn’t hit properly and we had some alternatives, particularly late within the sport. One run isn’t gonna get it performed.”