Bats helpless once again as Mets get swept by Athletics

Apr 12, 2026; New York City, New York, USA; Athletics first baseman Nick Kurtz (16) gestures after hitting a solo home run in the third inning against the New York Mets at Citi Field. Mandatory Credit: Wendell Cruz-Imagn Images | Wendell Cruz-Imagn Images Yesterday’s loss—the Mets’ fourth in a row—sucked. No doubt about it.

But we could at least comfort ourselves with the knowledge that the bats momentarily came alive, hitting three homers after falling behind early in the game. “Maybe,” we told ourselves with all the optimism that April carries, “this will be the turning point for the bats. ” Well, maybe that turning point is still to come, but it sure as hell didn’t happen today.

Instead, the Mets squandered two very strong pitching performances and were held scoreless by the Athletics pitching staff, getting just four measly singles in the process. In a homestand filled with lackluster offense, today’s 1-0 loss to give the Athletics the series sweep might well have been the worst of them all. Freddy Peralta took the mound for his fourth start as a Met, and his new team desperately needed him to be the stopper they acquired him to be.

We saw some of the same inefficiency issues that are fairly commonplace for Peralta early on today, as a lengthy second inning in which he gave up a leadoff single and a two-out walk quickly ballooned his pitch count. He managed to get out of that inning unscathed, but the Athletics got on the board in the following inning when reigning Rookie of the Year Nick Kurtz deposited an 0-2 curveball into the right field stands for a solo shot, giving them the 1-0 lead that they would hold for the rest of the afternoon. Another laborious inning followed in the fourth, when a one-out walk and a double by Jeff McNeil (who has feasted on his former team this weekend) put runners on second and third with one out.