Mets Blown Out For Third Straight Day, Swept By Pirates

The New York Mets lost their third-straight game in blow out fashion and were swept in Pittsburgh against the Pirates Sunday afternoon. New York dropped the finale 12-1, and were outscored in the series 30-4. This was confirmed during the SNY broadcast as the most lopsided series defeat in franchise history.

With the loss, the Mets drop to 1.5 games behind the Philadelphia Phillies in the National League East and have only three wins over their last 16 games.

Pitching has been an extreme trouble spot for the Mets over this losing skid, and Sunday proved no different. Frankie Montas looked like the pitcher that struggled mightily in his rehab stints, allowing five first-innings runs, all of which came with two outs. His day ended after four innings, as he allowed seven hits, six runs, two homers, to go along with one walk and five strikeouts.

Behind Montas, Richard Lovelady, who returned to the Mets after a short absence, allowed two runs. Dedniel Núñez also struggled, after such a superb outing his last time out, allowing a two-run homer to Oneil Cruz in the seventh inning.

The Mets utilized a position player in the eighth inning, turning to Travis Jankowski. Jankowski allowed two runs, getting out of the frame via a double play. This seemingly punctuating a woeful finale Sunday afternoon.

Offensively, playing behind from a 5-0 deficit early, the offense mustered seven hits, with the lone run being a Luis Torrens home run. Torrens, along with Jeff McNeil, had multi-hit games. Notably, Mark Vientos, who returned from injury this series, went 0-for-4, striking out twice and grounding into a double play. He is 1-for-13 since returning, and seen his season OPS drop to .645.

The New York offense left six more on base, bringing the series total to 24.

Player of the Game: Luis Torrens

The underlying metrics for Luis Torrens have been strong for most of the season, but he had not been getting any results, as he entered Sunday’s game hitting .213. His luck finally turned as he went 2-for-3 with his second home run of the season.

On Deck

The Mets have a much-needed day off on Monday. Then, they welcome in the red-hot Milwaukee Brewers to Citi Field for a three-game set. The projected pitching matchup for the first game of the series, which is set for a 7:10 pm ET first pitch on SNY, is Freddy Peralta versus Clay Holmes.

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