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Mets keep sinking lower in embarrassing season with brutal loss to Braves Two-fifty: Americas age or the Mets winning percentage over the last 2 12 weeks? Both answers can be correct.
An awful stretch of baseball has turned into a downright race to the bottom of the National League, and the Mets appear well-equipped to win that half-marathon.
Saturday nights scheduled fireworks at Truist Park were preceded by the stink bombs the Mets lobbed onto the field for three hours in a 14-3 loss to the Braves.
Tyrone Taylor reacts after striking out during the Mets 14-3 blowout loss to the Braves on July 4, 2026 in Atlanta.
Only Colorado stood behind them in the National League when the day started.This one was marred by a run prevention fiasco: Usually reliable defensively Tyrone Taylor misplayed a pop up in the third inning, allowing three gift runs to Atlanta, from which the Mets never recovered.
All the runs were earned, turning Sean Manaeas final line into something of an eyesore: five innings, six runs, six hits one walk and four strikeouts.If the Mets are going to win a game in this four-game series their best chance might be Sunday, when Nolan McLean is scheduled to start.
Manaea recorded two quick outs in the inning before White homered on the eighth pitch of his at-bat, blasting a sweeper over the left-field fence.
Manaeas night unraveled in the third, after he plunked Austin Riley to load the bases with two outs.Michael Harris II delivered an RBI single before White hit a pop up that should have been the third out.
Francisco Lindor initially called for the ball as he backpedaled, but ceded to Taylor.
As Lindor scurried out of the way, the ball hit off Taylors glove and dropped , giving the Braves a 5-0 lead.
Taylor started as the center fielder to give the Mets an extra right-handed bat against Chris Sale, leaving A.J.Ewing on the bench.
It marked the first time this season that Manaea allowed multiple homers in an outing.
Taylor homered in the fifth the first blast allowed by Sale in 46 innings.
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On this night they were 1-for-9 with runners in scoring position.
Luis Torrens replaced Gerber on the mound and allowed a homer to Harris II and a single before recording the final out.Tyrone Taylor reacts after striking out during the Mets' 14-3 blowout loss to the Braves on July 4, 2026 in Atlanta.