Mets licking their wounds as Brewers come to city

The Mets have misplaced 13 of their final 16, however the final three often is the most alarming. In being swept by the Pirates, supervisor Carlos Mendoza’s squad gave up 30 runs whereas scoring simply 4. The sweep additionally value the Mets the lead within the NL East.

The mounting losses prompted Mets proprietor Steven Cohen to submit a “Keep the faith!” tweet on Monday morning.

“I didn’t see this coming,” Cohen wrote. “I’m as frustrated as everybody else. We will get through this period. Our injured pitching will come back over the next few weeks. It is unlikely the team’s hitting with RISP will continue at this weak pace.”

Through Sunday, the Mets’ .217 common with runners in scoring place is the worst within the National League.

Sunday’s 12-1 loss to the Pirates got here sooner or later after Mets gamers held a closed-door session to speak in regards to the abysmal play of late.

“We are all frustrated,” Mendoza mentioned after Sunday’s loss. “Obviously, we’re not going to lie, we’re better than that, and they know that. It’s a tough stretch, but we got to be better.”

Tuesday’s sequence opener will function a pair of starters who’re among the many six pitchers tied for the league lead with eight wins apiece.

Clay Holmes is in his first full season as a starter with the Mets, and his 2.97 ERA ranks tenth within the league.

Tuesday marks his 18th sport in opposition to the Brewers, however solely one in all his earlier appearances was a begin. He’s 1-3 with a 6.64 ERA in opposition to Milwaukee, and management has been a problem. In 20 1/3 innings, Holmes has given up 19 hits, walked 22 and struck out 23.

Holmes has been struggling to search out the strike zone. He earned the win Wednesday over Atlanta by permitting only one run and three hits throughout 5 innings. However, he additionally walked 4. In his prior begin, additionally in opposition to Atlanta, he walked six batters in 4 2/3 innings.

Freddy Peralta can also be having fun with a positive begin to the season, and his 2.90 ERA ranks simply forward of Holmes on the leaderboard. The Milwaukee veteran has fared nicely in opposition to the Mets, posting a 3-0 document in three begins and a 2.60 ERA over 17 1/3 innings.

The Brewers had been an out away Sunday from taking a five-game profitable streak into the Big Apple, however the Colorado Rockies rallied for a 4-3 win in 11 innings and salvaged the final sport of the weekend sequence.

Brewers supervisor Pat Murphy informed reporters there is a lesson for his staff to be taught from letting a win slip away.

“Things have been going our way a bunch,” he mentioned. “We haven’t had to have games like this in a while. It’s a good reminder that you can lose these games. You got to play every pitch.”

Even with Sunday’s loss, Milwaukee has received eight of its final 10. The offense has helped with the Brewers scoring a league-high 7.8 runs per sport in that stretch.

Brice Turang and Christian Yelich have the majors’ second and third-longest energetic hitting streaks, at 13 and 12 video games, respectively. Both are hitting higher than .410 throughout their streaks, and Yelich has pushed in 18 runs and slugged .706 throughout his run.

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