In the end, the Mets obtained a strong begin. The offense gave the supposed lockdown bullpen a lead.
It didn’t matter. No matter can go unsuitable for this workforce will go unsuitable.
Kodai Senga and Francisco Lindor did their jobs.
Ryan Helsley, one of many large arms the Mets acquired on the commerce deadline, didn’t.
He was torched for 2 runs within the eighth inning of one more brutal Mets loss to the Braves, a 4-3 setback that makes it 13 losses in 15 video games for Carlos Mendoza’s beaten-down workforce.
Helsley was booed off the mound after permitting run-scoring doubles to Michael Harris and Ozzie Albies.
The Mets have dropped 5 consecutive sequence since a seven-game profitable streak that feels prefer it got here months in the past, and their lead over the Reds for the ultimate NL wild-card spot is simply ¹/₂ recreation.
Senga seemed extra like himself in delivering a powerful outing, permitting two earned runs over 5 ²/₃ innings.
It remarkably was the longest by a Mets starter in eight days. Lindor had three hits and keyed a two-run sixth inning that gave the Mets the lead.
On the identical night time he was honored because the Mets residence run king, Pete Alonso drove within the go-ahead run with a two-out, run-scoring single.
It was arrange for the Mets lastly to win a sequence for the primary time since sweeping the Giants July 25-27.
Helsley, scored upon in 4 of six outings as a Met, bought himself into bother by strolling Marcell Ozuna.
He hung a slider to Harris, who laced it into the hole in left-center area to tie it.
Albies scored Younger with a double off the wall in proper.
Lindor reached within the backside half of the inning with an infield single however was stranded.
The Mets went down so as within the residence ninth, forcing nearer Raisel Iglesias to throw simply seven pitches.
Whereas he didn’t go six innings, Senga stored the Mets within the recreation, placing out seven and permitting 5 hits and two earned runs whereas throwing 93 pitches.
The issue was the Mets offense was getting dominated by Bryce Elder, who entered with a 6.12 ERA and 15 earned runs allowed in his earlier 15 ¹/₃ innings.
Over the primary 5 innings, all of the Mets needed to present for his or her night time was a Lindor residence run.
Within the sixth, they lastly bought going, beginning with a one-out single by Lindor.
He stole second and went to 3rd on catcher Drake Baldwin’s throwing error.
Brandon Nimmo drove him in with a sacrifice fly, and Alonso plated Juan Soto with a two-out single.
Citi Area was alive. It, in fact, didn’t final. Nothing good does with the Mets today.
