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The New York Mets deserved the benefit of the doubt when critics said they “choked” the NL East lead for 10.5 games. From June 1 through September 2, the Mets had a staggering 53-31 record. -twenty four.
But since September 3, the Mets have lost seven of their 11 games, and those losses have come to the Washington Nationals, Pittsburgh Pirates, Miami Marlins and Chicago Cubs. win.
The Mets have the easiest schedule left in all of baseball, but they’ve done the exact opposite of taking advantage – all sympathy gone with this latest stretch.
Since then, the Braves haven’t had an amazing run, going 6-4 over the span, but are now just half a game behind NL East (and on Sept. number one).
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David Peterson was given the ball to save the sweep Wednesday – he allowed five runs and scored just one out.
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The Mets are clearly missing Sterling Marte, who is out with a broken finger. 292 and OPS .812 at the top of the lineup before his injury, but he is expected to return soon.
However, the Mets had a chance to pull away in the division and didn’t address the team’s needs before the trade deadline.
Going into Wednesday night, their relief pitchers had a 4.89 ERA, the ninth-worst in baseball.
Their acquisition at deadline has also struggled lately. Darrin Ruff has two in the last 35 and Daniel Vogelbach has five in the last 42. The bullpen help they got, Mychal Givens, has a 5.03 earned run average since joining the Mets. I am throwing a ball to
“It’s for us. It’s all for us. We control it.” Manager Buck Showalter said“It’s going to be frustrating if you don’t. It’s an old thing we’ve been talking about all year long. It’s called ‘playing better.’
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This is not a collapse in 2007 when they were seven games behind with 17 games left.