Mets waste Jose Quintana’s start as ugly losing skid reaches six after Orioles sweep

BALTIMORE — Previous to Sunday’s sport at Camden Yards, supervisor Buck Showalter was discussing all the problems occurring with the Mets and stated, “What’s it they are saying? The issues that don’t kill you…”

When instructed the remainder of the phrase was “make you stronger,” Showalter chuckled and stated, “We’ll discover out if that’s true, proper?”

Then the Mets went out and took one other step nearer to flatlining, with a 2-0 loss to the Orioles, as their spiral for the reason that commerce deadline selloff continued, swept for a second straight sequence.

They’ve now misplaced six in a row and 7 of eight to fall a season-worst 11 video games below .500. 

It’s probably the most video games they’ve sunk beneath the .500 mark since July 2019.

Utilizing a lineup that was with out Brandon Nimmo, Starling Marte and Francisco Alvarez, they failed to attain greater than three runs for a fifth consecutive sport.

They wasted one other strong begin from Jose Quintana, who allowed two runs in six-plus innings, however received no help and was harm by some shaky performs within the discipline behind him.

The offense didn’t get a lot going early in opposition to Kyle Bradish after which had Pete Alonso hit into inning-ending double performs within the first and third.

Quintana confronted hassle within the third, as he loaded the bases with two outs — permitting two walks and a single — however he received Gunnar Henderson to pop to left to finish the menace and preserve the sport scoreless.

The Mets loaded the bases within the fifth in opposition to Bradish, additionally with two out.

Jeff McNeil walked, Francisco Lindor singled and Alonso walked.

Cionel Perez changed Bradish and received DJ Stewart to floor out.

Rafael Ortega misplayed a liner to middle by Jorge Mateo right into a triple with one out within the backside of the inning and scored on Adley Rutschman’s grounder to 3rd that Mark Vientos did not deal with cleanly. 

Quintana opened the underside of the seventh by giving up a leadoff double to James McCann and a single to proper by Ryan McKenna, leaving with runners on the corners and no outs.

Trevor Gott entered and received pinch-hitter Ryan O’Hearn to hit a grounder that scored McCann for a 2-0 Baltimore lead.

The Mets’ offense completed with simply 4 hits. 

They’ll return to Citi Discipline on Monday for the primary time for the reason that underperforming roster was gutted on the deadline, with a sequence in opposition to the surging Cubs adopted by a go to from first-place Atlanta.