3 takeaways: NY Mets offense is getting its chances but not cashing in
The Mets' offense struggled, going 1-for-29 with runners in scoring position, leading to a series defeat to the Cardinals.
ST. LOUIS — The loss will go down on Tobias Myers' ledger, but the Mets will rue missed opportunity after missed opportunity at the plate with a chance to grab control of their series against the Cardinals on Wednesday afternoon at Busch Stadium. The Mets had chances with runners in scoring position in four out of the last five innings but could not cash in.
After Myers helped send the automatic runner back to the bench with three straight outs in the 10th, he could not replicate the feat one inning later. He induced a double play but Masyn Winn's lofted an RBI single that dropped just out of reach of a diving Carson Benge as the Mets fell, 2-1, and lost the series in front of 21,684 fans in St. Louis.
With one run combined across 20 innings in the final two games of the series, the Mets dropped two straight games and slipped to 3-3 heading into a four-game series with the Giants, beginning 9:45 p. m. Thursday at Oracle Park in San Francisco.
After a second straight bleak offensive effort, here are three takeaways from the Mets' series loss to the Cardinals: Mets offense goes missing After being shut out for the first time this season on Saturday, the Mets' offensive woes carried over one day later. Cardinals left-hander Matthew Liberatore opened the game with 14 straight outs before Mark Vientos was able to pick up the Mets' first hit on a double but that illuminated the club's struggles with scoring position. Francisco Alvarez struck out with two runners on base and the Mets finished the game 0-for-11 with runners in scoring position.
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