WASHINGTON — The Mets’ bullpen has been dominant during the last month, defending leads for 4 innings or extra because the beginning rotation has struggled to go deep into video games within the first month of the season. However the aid corps could be beginning to present some cracks.
The Mets watched the Washington Nationals erase a seven-run lead within the third sport of a four-game set Sunday at Nationals Park. Jose Butto couldn’t maintain the inherited runners on base, after which gave up three of his personal within the backside of the seventh earlier than Ryne Stanek blew his second save of the sequence.
The Nationals walked off for the second time in three days, handing the Mets an 8-7 loss.
Via three video games in Washington, the Mets’ bullpen has blown two saves, been credited with two losses, allowed an eight-run comeback effort and misplaced left-hander A.J. Minter to a lat pressure.
The beginning rotation has been wonderful, and Tylor Megill was as effectively towards Washington on Sunday, however they’ve thrown solely 138 1/3 innings, ranked twentieth within the league. It may very well be inflicting a domino impact on the bullpen.
The Mets jumped out to a 5-0 begin within the high of the primary and have been up by as a lot as 7-1 within the fifth. Left-hander Mitchell Parker, who began his sophomore marketing campaign with 5 straight high quality begins, was throttled by the Mets lineup proper from the beginning.
Megill restricted the Nats to 3 runs on three hits, with two of them coming within the sixth inning. Crews homered within the second inning to make it 6-1. It snapped a streak of 14 video games and not using a Mets beginning pitcher permitting a house run.
He was changed by Butto with one out and two on within the backside of the seventh. Up 7-1, Butto struck out Crews for the second out, earlier than permitting two straight singles and a three-run homer to catcher Riley Adams to chop the Mets’ result in 7-6.
The Mets went quietly within the eighth and the Nats loaded the bases on Huascar Brazobán within the backside of the inning. The correct-hander received out of the jam to maintain the one-run lead intact.
Stanek (0-2) gave up a leadoff double to Alex Name within the backside of the ninth. Jacob Younger pinch-ran for him, getting to 3rd on a ground-ball earlier than scoring simply on a pinch-hit single by Keibert Ruiz.
James Wooden then walked to place two on. Pete Alonso overthrew Stanek whereas making an attempt to cowl first base on a ground-ball by Luis Garcia Jr., permitting the walk-off run to come back dwelling.
An absence of command by Parker led to a leadoff single and two straight walks to load the bases with none out. Mark Vientos hit a fly ball to proper subject to attain Francisco Lindor and Parker then walked Starling Marte. One other fly ball, this one by Brandon Nimmo, scored Juan Soto to make it 2-0.
All instructed, the Mets scored 5 runs on three hits, three walks and an error within the first inning alone. The Mets batted round earlier than Parker lastly induced a pop-up from Lindor, the leadoff hitter.
Parker lasted 5 innings, and allowed seven runs on seven hits, strolling 5 and placing out none. It was a mistake-filled five-innings for the Nat that featured a collision between two Washington defenders within the outfield and two fly balls missed in foul territory.
However these errors mattered much less after the Nats received to the Mets’ bullpen.
Initially Printed: April 27, 2025 at 5:07 PM EDT
