Mets looking lost at the plate again in 7th straight loss
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The New York Mets' bats have all but gone silent during a seven-game losing streak. With their best hitter Juan Soto sidelined, the rest of the lineup is pressing to generate offense. The latest setback was a 2-1 loss to the Los Angeles Dodgers on Tuesday night.
They've been outscored 36-10 during their skid and are mired in the NL East cellar at 7-11. Soto is nursing a calf injury and isn't expected back for another two to three weeks. Francisco Lindor raised his batting average 18 points to .
194 with a leadoff home run — his first RBI of the season — against World Series MVP Yoshinobu Yamamoto. It snapped the team's streak of 20 scoreless innings and helped the Mets avoid three consecutive shutouts for the first time since 1992. But Yamamoto promptly set down the next 20 batters in a row.
New York's only other hits were a double by Bo Bichette in the seventh and singles by Carson Benge and Lindor in the eighth. Trailing by a run in the ninth, the Mets got overly aggressive at the plate and Dodgers reliever Alex Vesia struck out the side to end the game. “We chase and it's hard to score in situations like that,” manager Carlos Mendoza said.
“You really have to force those guys to come in the strike zone and right now we’re not doing that, especially at the end of the game. ” The Mets are hitting . 178 during the skid, including .