The Mets showed some heart in the ninth inning but dug themselves too deep of a hole early and the end result was a 5-3 loss to the Phillies in a Saturday afternoon game in Philadelphia. Trailing 5-0 in the ninth inning, Michael Conforto, Jonathan Villar and James McCann hit back-to-back-to back home runs. That [...]
Michael Conforto has been awful this year. Yes, he made a game saving throw against the Braves and has had a handful of big hits. But his batting average has hovered around .200 for too long and he hasn’t been able to crack a .700 OPS. Conforto’s struggles have been a microcosm of what the [...]