Matz, Mets Better But Still Losing

In the first inning, Steven Matz surrendered a solo homer to Nolan Arenado, and it seemed like more of the same for Matz and the Mets.

But, tonight was different. Both Matz and the Mets showed more fight, and they didn’t fall apart like they’ve done recently. In fact, Matz was quite good allowing just the one run over six innings:

In addition to Matz pitching better, both Brandon Nimmo and Yoenis Cespedes had outfield assists.

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The latter helped control the damage the Rockies did to Robert Gsellman and keep the Mets close, but ultimately, the Mets would still lose 2-0.

That was more a matter of Chad Bettis pitching very well over seven innings.

Bettis was also helped by some hard hit balls right at Rockies defenders. This includes a Todd Frazier low liner in the sixth hit right at Trevor Story. Instead of Frazier tying the score with an RBI single, it was an inning ending double play.

Overall, the Mets were 0-4 with RISP.

This was the Mets fifth straight loss and sixth out of their last seven games. During that stretch, the Mets have played some really bad baseball. Not tonight. Tonight, they were just beat by a good team.

It happens, but if the Mets play more like they did tonight with good pitching and defense, and generally showing more fight; the Mets can turn things around.

Game Notes: Matt Harvey was officially designated for assignment before the game. With the loss, the Mets fell to third place in the division.

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