Edwin Díaz Blows Third Consecutive Save, Mets Lose Fifth Straight

Same things, different day. There’s nothing else left to say at this point. The New York Mets continued to spiral and blow games they should win in their latest loss on Saturday to the San Francisco 7-2. The Mets lost their 5th consecutive game and lost yet another series. New York is 6-16 now in May. Everything continues to be wrong with the team. Luis Severino took the mound, and he was very good and sharp, but everything else wasn’t. One thing or another goes wrong every game, and they lose a game. It all goes wrong, and it’s getting late this early.

Severino Continues To Be A Bright Spot

The one positive in this game was Luis Severino. Severino had a no-hitter through five innings. For the second time this season, Severino had a no-hitter through five innings. Severino pitched a great seven innings and struck out six while lowering his ERA to 3.22. Severino has been one of the few bright spots of the season. He’s bounced back very nicely from a rough year with the Yankees. However, of course, the better he pitches, and the more games the Mets let get away from them, the more chances Severino gets traded. For now, he’s been a nice story in his first season with the Mets.

Offense Back To Earth

After the Mets changed their lineup, their bats awakened and started contributing. However, on Saturday, New York’s offense returned to Earth, and their problems of not getting the big hit when they needed it showed its head again. All the Mets could muster was Solo home runs from Starling Marte in the bottom of the 2nd inning and Brett Baty in the bottom of the 7th inning. They were 0-for-13 with runners in scoring position and struck out 14 times. Their three and four hitters, Brandon Nimmo (4) and J.D. Martinez (3) struck out a combined seven times. Giants’ starting pitcher Jordan Hicks recorded eight of those strikeouts. They had a chance in the bottom of the 9th inning to win the game with Francisco Lindor and Pete Alonso at the plate, but again they couldn’t get the key.

Brett Baty sent it 412 feet to right field ???? pic.twitter.com/8sWdnFZlOo

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Edwin Díaz, Sean Reid-Foley, & Josh Walker Struggle

After Severino went seven innings, and Adam Ottavino struggled but survived the eighth inning, Mets manager Carlos Mendoza gave the ninth inning back to Edwin Díaz, so soon after, they took him out of it. It was just one week after his disaster in Miami. During Friday night’s loss, Díaz was effective in the seventh inning and pitched a scoreless inning with two strikeouts. Instead of continuing the baby steps back into the closer role, they threw Díaz back in there with a 2-1 lead; the ending was the same as the last couple of save chances.

Díaz immediately gave up a first-pitch single to Wilmer Flores, and two batters later, he gave up a pinch-hit RBI double to LaMonte Wade Jr. to score Ryan McKenna, a pinch-runner for Flores, to tie the game. This season, it was Díaz’s fourth blown save and fifth blown lead. One step forward, one step back for him, and you have to wonder if the Mets put him back in the 9th inning too soon. 

Then Sean Reid-Foley took over in the 10th and gave up an RBI single to Brett Wisely to give San Francisco a 3-2 lead. The Giants weren’t done. Reid-Foley gave up a base hit to Luis Mateo, and then a throwing error by Alonso on a ground ball by Thairo Estrada loaded the bases. As has been the case with Mets pitching this season, Reid-Foley walked Patrick Bailey to score a run. Josh Walker relieved Reid-Foley and gave up a bases-clearing triple to Mike Yastrzemski to put the game out of reach. 

On Deck

The Mets will look to avoid their sixth straight loss and another sweep on Sunday afternoon. They’ll send Sean Manaea to the mound to face Giants ace Logan Webb. The game will be televised at 1:40 p.m. EDT on WPIX11. 

 

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