New York Mets Swept In Both Halves Of Doubleheader By Colorado Rockies As Miserable Stretch Continues
If you thought the New York Mets had already reached their absolute lowest point this season, grab a hard hat and a shovel, because they just dug a little deeper. Getting swept in a doubleheader at home is bad. Getting swept by the Colorado Rockies is catastrophic.
The Mets managed a total of one run over 18 excruciating innings on Sunday at Citi Field, dropping both games by scores of 3-1 and 3-0. And just like that, any fleeting optimism from snapping a brutal 12-game losing streak evaporated right into the damp Queens air.
Kodai Senga and the Disappearing Act
Let’s talk about Game 2, which was supposed to be a bounce-back spot for Kodai Senga. Instead, it was an absolute disaster. Pitching on a generous eight days of rest, Senga lasted just 2.2 innings. His signature ghost fork pitch? Completely invisible. He was chased out of the game after giving up three earned runs, three hits, and three agonizing walks. The crushing blow came courtesy of Hunter Goodman, who obliterated a fastball 390 feet into the right-center seats.
Senga’s ERA is currently sitting at an inflated 9.00, and the Mets desperately need him to figure it out before the season completely slips away. You can almost hear the collective, exhausted groans echoing from the 7 line.
An Offense That Simply Cannot Wake Up
But you can’t pin a doubleheader sweep entirely on the pitching when the bats are taking the weekend off. The Mets’ offense looks completely lost at the plate right now. In the nightcap, Colorado’s Chase Dollander made the New York lineup look like a minor league affiliate. Dollander carved through the Mets for seven shutout innings, surrendering just five measly hits and striking out seven.
Whenever the Mets actually managed to get guys on base, they froze. They went a miserable 0-for-6 with runners in scoring position in Game 2 and left seven guys stranded. You know things are incredibly bleak when you score two runs or fewer in 14 of your first 28 games. That’s a 50 percent clip of absolute offensive futility.
Is Carlos Mendoza Managing On Borrowed Time?
When a team drops to 9-19 and sits 10 games under .500 before the calendar even flips to May, people start pointing fingers. Manager Carlos Mendoza is squarely in the crosshairs. After the game, Mendoza dropped a rather blunt truth bomb, stating, “That’s not a good showing. We’ve got to fix it.”
Well, yeah. But how? Mets Owner Steve Cohen has the deepest pockets in baseball, but he can’t fire the entire 26-man roster. The culture, the approach, and the energy all look completely flat right now. The fans at Citi Field let them hear it, showering the dugout with well-deserved boos as the final outs were recorded.
Where Do the Mets Go From Here?
The Mets get a merciful day off on Monday before welcoming the Washington Nationals to town. Clay Holmes will take the mound, hoping to play savior and stop the bleeding. But let’s be completely honest: unless this lineup decides to wake up and remember how to hit a baseball, it doesn’t matter who is toeing the rubber.
The Mets are currently playing a brand of baseball that is genuinely painful to watch, and the loyal fans in New York deserve a whole lot better than a stretch of 15 losses in 17 games. It is gut-check time.
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