Mets’ Mendoza – Carlos Mendoza pulled no punches after the New York Mets were swept by the Miami Marlins over the weekend, including a walk-off grand slam on Sunday. With New York struggling across the lineup and sitting last in the NL East, Mendoza said the Mets have to chan
For the third straight day, the New York Mets looked like a team trying to find answers during someone else’s momentum.
Over the weekend, they were swept by the Miami Marlins, and on Sunday the pain came in the most brutal way possible: the game ended on a walk-off grand slam. After it was over, Mets manager Carlos Mendoza didn’t soften the message.
“We’ve got to find a way, because what we’re doing right now is not good enough. Simple as that,” Mendoza said after the loss.
He was talking about the Mets’ offense—one that didn’t score a single run on Sunday. In that game, New York managed just four hits and five walks, yet also struck out eight times. The problems weren’t confined to one night. Across the three-game series against the Marlins, the Mets totaled just two runs and lost all three games.
The only win New York has produced in its past six games came on the strength of the pitching. The Mets beat the Washington Nationals 2-1, but since then the lineup has offered little relief. The team entered Sunday’s sweep with a broader scoring problem, ranking 25th in the majors in runs scored.
The numbers tell the same story in different ways. The Mets are 25th in batting average, 30th in on-base percentage, and 30th in slugging. In their last seven games. multiple players have struggled. even as names fans expect to carry a lineup have come up short. Juan Soto is hitting .333, but Marcus Semien is at .185.
As a team, New York is hitting .239 in its last seven games. They have hit nine home runs and scored 39 runs during that span. but a heavy portion of that output came in one game—when the Mets scored 16 runs. When that kind of spike disappears, the rest of the production has been too thin to change outcomes.
The standing reflects how difficult it has been to flip the script. The Mets are 22-31 on the season, sitting in last place in the NL East. They are 14 games behind the Atlanta Braves in the division, and seven games outside of a wild card spot.
Now the week turns to a new opponent, and the urgency only grows. The Mets begin a three-game series with the Cincinatti Reds on Monday at home.
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