The Mets walked 13 times . . . THIRTEEN . . . and only scored one run in a 13 inning game they lost 2-1. 

The Mets once again trotted out an ugly lineup reminiscent of July 2015. David Wright is still unavailable with the neck injection, so Terry Collins decided to go with Ty Kelly over Wilmer Flores. Yoenis Cespedes was out of the lineup as he informed Terry Collins he needed a day off. It was an ugly lineup reminiscent of a July 2015 lineup. It doesn’t help that Michael Conforto is still struggling. With today’s 0-6 with the golden sombrero, Conforto is now one for his last 21. With that said, the Mets had to win the 2015 way. They needed deGrom to be dominant. He was, but it wasn’t enough. 

Jacob deGrom‘s velocity continued to tick up a bit with him getting it back up to the 95  MPH range on occasion.  He had a season high 10 strikeouts.  He had allowed only three hits and no runs over six, and he was at 92 pitches, and due up to lead off in the seventh inning.  Terry Collins let him go back out there.

For the second day in a row, Todd Frazier hit a homerun.  He tied the score at 1-1.

That matched the Mets offensive output. James Loney got a second inning rally started by walking. He moved to second on a Juan Lagares sacrifice bunt (really looked more like a bunt for a base hit, but that’s official scoring for you).  Rene Rivera then came up and hit a one out RBI single to make the score 1-0.  It was the first time Loney reached base and scored a run as a Met.  

The Mets tore through their bullpen, including but not limited to, an injury to Hansel Robles. Logan Verrett came in, and he eventually gave up the winning run in the 13th in a rally started by a double hit by Matt Albers, an American League relief pitcher. 

It was a bad loss capping off a poor 2-4 home stand. The Mets bench is inexcusably bad even with the injuries. The Mets need to make some moves. 

Game Notes: Don Draper took his hatred of the Mets to the next level by sending Roger out there to interfere with Melky Cabrera resulting in interference being called costing Loney a chance at bat. It is the four year anniversary of Johan Santana’s no-hitter.