Rock bottom? After dud in LA, Mets searching for answers: ‘We need to score a run’

LOS ANGELES — Just when the Mets’ offensive woes seemed like they couldn’t get any worse, New York’s struggling lineup crashed down to a new early-season low on Monday in Los Angeles. The Mets were blanked by the Dodgers, a 4-0 loss where they mustered up only three scattered hits, all of them singles. The Mets have now lost six games in a row and haven’t scored a run in 20 innings.

There’s no such thing as rock bottom 17 games into a season, with five-plus months remaining on the schedule, but this sure felt like it. (And let’s not forget how putrid the Mets’ 0-5 start in 2024 was before they figured things out and ultimately reached the NLCS). “It obviously sucks losing games,” Mets manager Carlos Mendoza said.

“The guys are working their butts off, and I know they’ll continue to come to the yard and everyone will work their butts off and compete every night. ” Something changed for the Mets after they traveled back home from their series in San Francisco earlier this month. They won three games in a row that weekend after dropping a series in St.

Louis and losing Juan Soto to a calf strain on that Friday night. Through that Sunday, the Mets had the ninth-best offense in all of baseball when it came to batting average (. 250), on-base percentage (.