The Mets’ losing streak goes to eleven

Mark Vientos | (Photo by Geoff Stellfox/Getty Images) For a while there, it looked like the Mets would finally win a baseball game. But they’ll have to wait until at least Tuesday to break their losing streak, as Devin Williams blew his save opportunity in the bottom of the ninth before the Cubs sco

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For a while there, it looked like the Mets would finally win a baseball game. But they’ll have to wait until at least Tuesday to break their losing streak, as Devin Williams blew his save opportunity in the bottom of the ninth before the Cubs scored a walk-off sac fly in the bottom of the tenth.

Until Williams allowed a run in the ninth, MJ Melendez had provided the entirety of the scoring in the game with his solo home run in the top of the fifth. In total, the Mets had just six hits on the afternoon.

Tobias Myers got the start for the Mets and used as an opener, and to his credit, he threw two innings, didn’t allow a run, struck out two, walked one, and allowed just one hit. He needed just 28 pitches to get through those innings, and he now has a 3.00 ERA on the season.

David Peterson, who had struggled mightily in his last three starts, took over from there. And he fared much better today, as he completed three-and-two-thirds innings without allowing a run. He struck out just one opposing hitter, but he didn’t walk anyone and gave up just three hits.

Things got a bit dicey when Peterson was pulled from the game with a runner on third and two outs in the bottom of the sixth. Huascar Brazobán issued a pair of walks to load the bases but struck out Seiya Suzuki to get out of the inning unscathed.

Brooks Raley and Luke Weaver combined to maintain the shutout in the seventh and eighth, but Michael Conforto faced Williams as a pinch hitter and doubled in the Cubs’ run in the ninth—because of course he did.

The Mets’ lifeless offense then failed to score despite having the Manfred runner on second base in the top of the tenth, and it felt like a sure thing they’d lose in the bottom of the inning. And then they did, as Pete Crow-Armstrong advanced to third base on a wild pitch by Craig Kimbrel and came in to score the winning run on a one-out sac fly off the bat of Nico Hoerner.

The Mets are 7-15, and by the end of Major League Baseball’s slate of games today, they’ll either still be tied for or have sole possession of the worst record in baseball.