The Mets had everything going for them. The soft September schedule seemed to invite more wins. But …
MIAMI — The Mets had everything going for them. The soft September schedule seemed to invite more wins. They enjoyed a nice day off in the sun and surf here Thursday. Even the crowd was on their side Friday. Then they started playing the game, and everything went kaput.
. “I know everyone else looked at it like that. We certainly don’t look at it that way. It’s disrespectful to the other team.” Sure, the Marlins can pitch a little. But they thoroughly defeated the Mets on both sides of the ball. The team that rarely homers hit one in their first inning and one in the last, putting the finishing touches on an unmemorable defeat that left the Mets’ clubhouse eerily quiet. Heads hung. Forget that monstrous advantage they once held in their division; it’s gone. Forget that Fangraphs, thanks to that inviting schedule, still gives them a 63 percent chance to hang on, too.
Jeff McNeil grounded into a double play with two on and a chance to tie it in the third, and Lindor did the same with the bases loaded in the seventh.