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Mets blow late lead as Braves stroll them off for 4th straight loss
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Mets blow late lead as Braves stroll them off for 4th straight loss

Last updated: June 18, 2025 4:41 am
Editorial Board Published June 18, 2025
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ATLANTA — The final time the Mets had been in Atlanta, Francisco Lindor hit one of the vital dwelling runs in franchise historical past, a two-run blast to proper area to ship the Mets to the postseason. A becoming open to what was finally, a magical postseason.

However hardly ever is Atlanta magical when the Mets are on the town. Tuesday night time at Truist Park was no completely different.

The Braves tied the sport within the backside of the eighth with a two-out, three-run double by Marcell Ozuna. Within the backside of the tenth, they walked off over the Mets with a sacrifice fly, handing them a 5-4 loss, their fourth straight.

The Mets (45-28) are within the midst of their longest shedding streak of the season. It says one thing concerning the high quality of the staff that it took till June 17 to get up to now, nevertheless it’s robust to abdomen blowing a three-game result in a division rival with the sport almost in hand within the eighth inning.

“That’s baseball,” stated left-hander David Peterson. “You could be perfect and then still end up losing the game.”

The Mets had some key selections that led as much as Austin Riley’s sac fly to the middle area wall within the tenth, with catcher Francisco Alvarez proper in the midst of them.

With one out and runners on first and second within the backside of the tenth, Huascar Brazobán bounced a pitch that acquired behind catcher Francisco Alvarez. Luke Williams, the automated runner, took off for third, earlier than briefly turning again to second, uncertain of the place to go.

Alvarez had to select and anticipate which base he would attempt to take. He threw to second; Williams was on his approach to third.

“I really think that was a reaction play, and my reaction was to [throw] to second base,” Alvarez stated. “I saw the runner going back, and I had to throw to second base. But now, after the play, I think it’s better to eat the ball.”

Peterson pitched into the eighth inning, placing two on earlier than handing the ball over to right-hander Reed Garrett, who loaded the bases with none out by giving up a pinch-hit single to Alex Verdugo within the eighth. He retired the subsequent two to deliver up Ozuna.

At 2-2, Alvarez known as for a splitter beneath the zone. Ozuna swung and fouled it off, however seeing how unhealthy the swing was, Alvarez known as for a similar pitch once more. Garrett, nonetheless, noticed that swing and thought Ozuna can be unable to time the fastball. The suitable-hander trusted his catcher in that state of affairs, and threw a splitter up and in.

Ozuna turned on it, sending it over the pinnacle of third baseman Ronny Mauricio into left area. The DH waved the runners round himself as he rounded first and took second.

“I maybe made a mistake in that situation,” Alvarez stated. “I feel very bad for that.”

It’s clear Alvarez positioned a lot of the blame for the loss on himself. Garrett didn’t fault him, saying he most likely may have situated the pitch higher, however Alvarez thought the pitcher was indignant and that he may have executed a greater job of trusting him in that state of affairs.

“It feels bad,” Alvarez stated. “After feeling like we had control of the majority of the game, for them to be able to come back in the game like that, it definitely feels bad. And as a catcher,  you feel some responsibility for it.”

Peterson was charged with three earned runs on 5 hits over 7 innings, strolling three and putting out three.

There have been different probabilities in opposition to the Braves (32-39), however the Mets bumped into outs on the basepaths. Juan Soto was caught stealing within the third inning. Pete Alonso was then thrown out at second making an attempt to stretch a single right into a double, and he was doubled off first base in sixth. Soto was doubled off first within the ninth when Alonso hit a fly ball to the precise area wall that Acuña managed to catch.

Within the ninth, Soto took off from first when he thought Alonso’s ball hit off the wall, however then first base coach Antoan Richardson known as him again to first. first base umpire Edwin Jimenez to see whether or not it was an out or a success, Soto noticed nothing, and acquired caught in between the bases.

It was the second time this season an umpire did not sign the play for the Mets, and Soto was concerned each instances.

“We’ll probably make decisions on our own,” Soto stated. “I was trying to make sure he caught it or they made the right call, and he just took forever to do it.”

“It’s not an easy, easy decision there. He’s kind of in no man’s land too, and Acuña makes a hell of a play, and then it looks like the umpire took a while to signal whether it was a catch and Juan is kind of waiting,” Mendoza stated. “That was my argument there.”

Within the sixth, Jeff McNeil hit a line drive to shortstop Nick Allen, who caught Alonso off the bag for a double play.

“I didn’t have a problem with him trying to get to second base [in the third inning],” Mendoza stated. “The other one, it’s a baserunning mistake right there. A line drive to the shortstop, we’ve got to do a better job there reading a line drive right in the infield. Your first reaction, you either freeze or you’re going to go back. His first move was for second base, and they got him.”

Earlier than that, the Mets took a 4-1 lead on right-hander Spencer Schwellenbach, scoring as many runs off of him as that they had within the three earlier instances that they had confronted him. Soto hit his thirteenth homer of the season within the first inning, and Tyrone Taylor drove in three runs with a two-run double within the second and his second dwelling run of the 12 months within the fourth.

Peterson was glorious in seven innings. The sport was in hand.

However but once more, the ghosts of Atlanta haunted the Mets.

Initially Printed: June 17, 2025 at 10:58 PM EDT

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