Mets staying positive amidst five-game losing streak: 'It’s just a bad stretch'
After a 1-0 loss to the Athletics on Sunday afternoon, the Mets have now lost five games in a row. During those five games, they’ve scored a total of nine runs, six of which came in Saturday’s loss. They’ve been shut out twice in the last three days and were outscored 33-12 during their six-game homestand.
Now, New York heads to Los Angeles for a three-game series against the NL West-leading Dodgers who entered Sunday winners of seven out of their last eight games. Despite the state of the team right now, the Mets are staying the course and believe greener pastures are on the horizon. “You just gotta stay consistent, you gotta stay positive with the guys,” said manager Carlos Mendoza .
“There’s a lot of good hitters there and it’s just a bad stretch. You gotta continue to trust the players there – they’re really good – and continue to work with them. ” Unfortunately, those hitters couldn’t come through on Sunday for Freddy Peralta who threw a gem without having his best stuff.
The Mets’ ace went six innings and allowed a run on four hits while walking three and striking out six. He threw one bad pitch, an 0-2 curveball to Nick Kurtz who launched it into right field for a solo homer in the third inning which was the difference in the game. After that, the right-hander allowed just one more hit and retired eight of the last nine batters he faced.
“For some reason they weren’t swinging at the low changeups,” Peralta said about his outing. “But we made adjustments and we got better as the game was moving on and that’s what I’m happy with because we were able to make adjustments. ” As for the Mets hitters, they were unable to figure out Athletics starter Aaron Civale , who retired 13 in a row at one point, or the rest of the bullpen and scratched together four hits, half of them by Francisco Lindor .