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The New York Mets (23-13) entered Sunday evening in hopes to extend their season series streak without a loss to 11. During a beautiful day at Citi Field, the Mets’ streak snapped against the Seattle Mariners (16-19). Carlos Carrasco, nor the bullpen had it, and the Mets fell 8-7. New York almost mustered up another improbable ninth-inning rally, but fell just short.

Francisco Lindor started the game with a bang. Batting right-handed against the left-hander Ray, Lindor took a high fastball 423-feet to the second deck of left field. The Mets led 1-0 after the first inning.

The Mariners struck back in the third inning. Abraham Toro lined a ball down the line for a double to begin the inning. Cal Raleigh then grounded into a double play to bring Toro home. Seattle was making hard contact all game inning but only mustered one run.

That hard contact Seattle made in the third inning was a sign of things to come. The Mariners loaded the bases with two singles and a walk without recording an out. Mike Ford then drilled a single down the line which plated two. Seattle got a another run via a sacrifice fly. The Mariners led 4-1.

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The Mets came storming back in the bottom of the inning:

The Davis triple, which was a terrific sight to see given his struggles, drove in two runs to cut the lead to one. Lastly, Nimmo lined a triple of his own, with two outs and two strikes, down the same line Davis did. This brought both Davis and Escobar home. The Mets led 5-4 after four innings.

Carrasco simply did not have it Sunday afternoon. He was removed in the fifth inning after allowing another extra-base hit. His final line read: 4.1 IP, 8 H, 4 ER, 1 BB, 2 SO, 77 pitches.

Seattle had another big inning in the sixth. Two home runs, including a two-run shot, gave the Mariners the lead back. Chasen Shreve allowed the first and Drew Smith the second. Not a good series for either of those relievers. Seattle led 7-5 after six innings.

Joely Rodríguez was the third consecutive Mets’ reliever to allow a run. He gave up a ground-rule double that just nipped the chalk down the line and a single through the shift. Outside of those blemishes he ended up pitching well.

Colin Holderman came on in the ninth for his big-league debut. He noticed his first career strikeout in a scoreless inning.

The Mets tried to mount another improbable comeback in the ninth as Eduardo Escobar tripled, Jeff McNeil and Patrick Mazeika each singled, and Nimmo doubled. The bases were loaded after a Lindor intentional walk. This brought Alonso to the plate. He struck out on a 3-2 slider out of the zone where he tried to hold his swing but did not do so successfully after appeal. Alonso swung at two sliders out of the zone in the at-bat.

The final score was 8-7. In the game, New York gave up 16 hits and eight runs. Arguably their worst pitching performance of the season. It was just too much to overcome.

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Player of the Game: Brandon Nimmo

Nimmo entered the game on a 10-game hitting streak and once again did not disappoint. He had two extra-base hits, a triple and a double. In doing so, he drove home three runs. One of which was integral in the ninth inning rally that came up short. His strong season continues as he is now slashing .304/.414/.473.

On Deck

The New York Mets will welcome the St. Louis Cardinals (18-15) to town tomorrow for a four-game series. Miles Mikolas(1.49 ERA) is projected to start for the Cardinals. Meanwhile the Mets’ starting pitcher has not yet been named. However, all signs point to Trevor Williams getting the nod.