The offense, limited to six hits in an 8-5 loss to the Rays (32-11) at Citi Field, still sits buried in a slump that seems to keep getting worse.
It took 56 innings and nearly 250 plate appearances for the Mets, but Brett Baty finally snapped their homerless streak that had lasted more than five games.That didn’t fix anything else, though. The offense, limited to six hits in at Citi Field, still sits buried in a massive slump that, somehow, seems to keep getting worse.
What unfolded was more of what has defined the Mets’ season: routine ground balls, simple fly outs and soft contact that never posed a threat. Daniel Vogelbach can’t look after popping out to the catcher as the Mets couldn’t muster enough offense again.Mets’ nightmare night hits new low with Citi Field video board malfunction
Fourteen of the Mets’ outs came on the fourth pitch of the count or earlier, which manager Buck Showalter said contributed to Verlander having short rest between innings. A flash of potential came in the fifth, when Baty sent a 93 mph sinker 419 feet to right-center field, snapping the span of innings without a homer just short of the longest stretch in club history .
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