The Mets’ 5-2 loss to the Marlins evened the series in Miami, and the night started with a twist before a pitch was thrown. Kodai Senga got the ball after Freddy Peralta was scratched ahead of Monday’s trade deadline.
For four innings, Senga looked sharp. He allowed just one hit and didn’t issue a walk.
Then the fifth inning arrived and everything unraveled fast. He opened the frame with back-to-back walks, and Jakob Marsee followed with a double that put Miami on the board.
Senga was then pulled for Xzavion Curry, but the change didn’t stop the bleeding. Two singles brought in two more runs, and the Marlins were suddenly up 4-0.
Senga was charged with three of those runs, and while the outing ended badly, it still felt like a step in the right direction until that fifth-inning collapse.
The Mets answered in the bottom of the inning, using a Marlins error and an A.J. Ewing RBI single to get on the board. But Curry gave that run right back in the next inning when Kyle Stowers launched a home run.
Francisco Lindor kept the Mets within reach with a solo homer in the seventh, but that was the end of the comeback push. The offense had chances against Miami’s pitching, but couldn’t cash them in.
Luis Robert Jr. had the roughest night of all. He struck out with runners on second and third and two outs in the fourth, then grounded into a double play in the eighth when the Mets needed baserunners.
After playing the hero one night earlier, he finished 0-for-4 with three strikeouts. As the great Frank Sinatra once said ‘That’s life.”
And beyond the box score, the bigger story for this team is still what comes next away from the field. Get me some trades, and some photos of Spider-man!
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