Welp. You can’t win them all, right? The Mets dropped the final game of the series against the Giants on a soggy, miserable day at Citi Field 6-1, snapping their eight-game winning streak. There’s no shame in losing to Madison Bumgarner, even if he didn’t have his A game.
- It was a pitching duel that mostly never was, as both Bumgarner and Noah Syndergaard were off their game. Unfortunately, Thor was outperformed in this one. It was his shortest outing this season, as he went just 5.2 innings while giving up four earned runs with five hits, two walks, and six strikeouts. The book is out, and the opposing team once again ran essentially at will and went 3/3 in stolen bases against him. Although it ended up being moot in the end, this is something the team will need work on as the season progresses.
- With the tough lefty on the mound, Terry Collins elected to sit both Curtis Granderson and Lucas Duda, in addition to giving Asdrubal Cabrera his first game off of the season. That left Eric Campbell at first, Wilmer Flores at shortstop, and Juan Lagares in right field to start the game. That sort of sounded like conceding the game before it even started against Bumgarner, huh? Well, Lagares had a nice day, going 2-4 with a double and continuing to make the most out of the opportunities he does get.
- The red hot Michael Conforto got the nod, however, and had a rough go of it. He went 0-5 with three strikeouts and left five men on base. Let’s not overreact, Terry. Keep him in there against the lefties.
- David Wright also had a nice day, going 2-4 and driving in the team’s only run.
- The team once again struggled with RISP, going 1-8. They had chances to come back late, particularly in the seventh and eighth, but failed to capitalize. They left 12 runners on base.