On Beatles evening at Citi Area, the Mets took a protracted and winding street to defeat.
One other bullpen meltdown keyed Friday evening’s 11-9 loss to the Seattle Mariners, spoiling a recreation wherein the Mets overcame three completely different deficits and obtained two dwelling runs from Francisco Lindor.
The Mariners tagged high-leverage relievers Tyler Rogers, Ryan Helsely and Brooks Raley for six runs, together with 5 within the seventh inning, because the Mets (64-58) suffered their 14th loss within the final 16 video games.
Lindor and Juan Soto’s back-to-back dwelling runs within the fourth gave the Mets a 6-4 benefit, and that remained the rating going into the sixth.
Nevertheless it all submarined from there.
No. 9 hitter Cole Younger made it a one-run recreation with a sixth-inning RBI single off of Rogers.
Within the seventh, Helsley surrendered a leadoff double to Cal Raleigh on a 101-mph fastball, adopted by an RBI double by Eugenio Suárez on a dangling 0-2 slider that tied the rating, 6-6.
Raley changed Helsley, however he wasn’t any sharper. The left-hander gave up an RBI single to Dominic Canzone, an RBI double to Donovan Solano, and a two-out, two-run double to Younger that put the M’s up, 10-6.
The Mets revamped their bullpen with final month’s trades for Rogers and Helsley in an effort to shorten video games and take strain off of their starters.
However Friday marked the third consecutive blown save by Helsley, who additionally squandered a lead and took the loss in Thursday’s 4-3 defeat by the Atlanta Braves.
The hard-throwing Helsley was charged with two earned runs in 1/3 inning and took the loss (3-4) on Friday as properly.
Helsley, a two-time All-Star, has now allowed 9 runs (5 earned) in seven appearances for the reason that Mets acquired him from the St. Louis Cardinals.
Friday’s late-inning implosion occurred after Sean Manaea allowed 4 runs — together with two on Raleigh’s MLB-leading forty sixth dwelling run — in 5 innings, just for the Mets to repeatedly choose him up.
Lindor’s first-inning solo homer in opposition to Mariners starter Luis Castillo erased a 1-0 deficit.
Lindor’s second-inning RBI single capped a two-run rally and gave the Mets a 3-2 lead.
And Lindor’s two-run dwelling run within the fourth turned a one-run deficit right into a 5-4 lead. Soto’s subsequent solo shot was his thirtieth homer of the season.
Lindor completed 3-for-5 with 4 RBI and is now 9-for-16 with three homers in his final 4 video games. That surge instantly adopted an 0-for-21 skid, which included 5 hitless video games in a row.
Frankie Montas made his first reduction look for the reason that Mets eliminated him from the beginning rotation this week. The veteran right-hander allowed a run on three hits and two walks in two innings.
Francisco Alvarez’s three-run dwelling run within the eighth reduce the Mets’ deficit to 11-9, reengaging a crowd of 41,200.
However not sufficient got here collectively for the Mets to snap their stoop.
Friday evening’s recreation doubled as a celebration of the sixtieth anniversary of the Beatles’ famed Shea Stadium live performance on Aug. 15, 1965.
Citi Area commemorated the anniversary by internet hosting a pregame live performance from 1964 The Tribute, taking part in Beatles music all through the evening, and by distributing reproduction fashions of Shea Stadium to the primary 15,000 followers in attendance.
The Mets obtained somewhat assist from the Milwaukee Brewers, who erased a seven-run deficit to beat the Cincinnati Reds, 10-8, on Friday. That stored the Mets a half-game forward of the Reds for the third and ultimate Nationwide League wild card.
The three-game sequence in Queens continues Saturday afternoon, with prized pitching prospect Nolan McLean slated to make his MLB debut for the Mets. All-Star ace Bryan Woo (10-6, 3.08 ERA) is about to start out for Seattle.
Initially Printed: August 15, 2025 at 8:18 PM EDT
