Just Mets

The Mets were shutout and swept out of Atlanta by the Braves by the score of 1-0 on Sunday at Turner Field. Here are my takeaways from Sunday’s loss…

A well deserved five-game losing streak.

It takes an epic level of terribleness to lose five straight with this pitching staff. But, with the non-competitive offense, the little league defense, and the sheer lack of energy and inspiration, it’s really rather deserved.

They’re one game away now from falling to an even .500 on the year and completely wiping out any of the amazing start they had over the first month of the season. It’s a real shame, especially for Matt Harvey, Jacob deGrom -and the rest of this amazing pitching staff, because nothing appears to be changing anytime soon around here.

Another great #HarveyDay.

Matt Harvey has certainly turned the corner after his four brutal starts earlier this month. He had awesome command of both corners, could throw any pitch in any count and consistently, and really cruised after the first inning with seven scoreless innings. He threw a lot of pitches early but didn’t really labor all that much today. He allowed a walk to Cameron Maybin in the first inning, a single to Andrelton Simmons in the second, a single to Kelly Johnson in the third, a double to Jace Peterson in the fifth, and that was pretty much that until the seventh inning when he eventually allowed a run.

The Atlanta hitters worked a couple of deep counts and wasted a few of his pitches early which contributed to his elevated pitch count over the first three innings, but Harvey was able to make up for that by inducing weak contact early in the counts in the second part of his outing which allowed him to at least pitch into the seventh.

Despite the problems in the seventh and having thrown 97 pitches through six innings, Harvey was still the best option at Terry Collins disposal in that situation. When a pitcher gives up a run into the seventh inning, that should go down as a win for him and the team. With these Mets, it does not.

The offense is pathetic.

The Mets offense is terrible. But without Travis d’Arnaud, they are completely uncompetitive. It’s a broken record at this point, although it seems like it gets worse as time goes on. There’s really nothing else to say about it – until they get better offensive players on the field, it really won’t change anytime soon. It really doesn’t matter who the Mets are facing, either. Today it was Julio Teheran who owned them, Tuesday it could seriously be somebody else in Milwaukee.

The game ended in fitting fashion when Michael Cuddyer grounded into a game-ending double play with the tying and go-ahead runs on with one out. It was a capper to a very well deserved five-game losing streak with an off-day to perhaps think about all of this tomorrow…

Other notes from Sunday:

The Mets have now been shutout twice on their current eight-game road trip – they’ve scored six runs in their last five games, having lost all five of those contests.

The Mets are now 56-103 all-time at Turner Field.

The Mets fell to 10-24 on the road in 2015 and have lost 16 of their last 19 games away from Citi Field.

The Mets fell to 28-33 all-time on Father’s Day.