What’s new with this team really at this point? The Mets offense has continued its futility with runners in scoring position and last night was certainly no better.
The Mets went a mere 2-12 with RISP against the Los Angeles Dodgers on Saturday night.
In the fifth inning, the Mets got runners on the corners with nobody out and could not plate across a mere run as Asdrubal Cabrera and Wilmer Flores both struck out while Michael Conforto grounded out to first baseman Max Muncy to end the inning.
Their inability to make any sort of productive out, whether it be a sacrifice fly or a groundout (before there were two outs), doomed them mightily. Even if Cabrera could have grounded into a double play, the Mets could have scored one more run to tie the game at three.
With the Mets still trailing 3-2 in the bottom of the seventh, Brandon Nimmo got a fortunate triple on an outfield misplay in right-center field. However, once again, the team could not plate him as Todd Frazier struck out and Cabrera grounded out.
That inning proved to be another missed opportunity as the outfield miscue-turned triple appeared to give the Mets some life and got some energy back in the ballpark. Instead, they couldn’t find a way to put the ball in play again, and it killed any momentum they thought they would gain as Matt Kemp hit a grand slam in the top of the eighth inning to make the score 8-2 and put the game out of reach.
The Mets offense has been particularly bad in these situations in front of their home fans as they are a mere 5-for-73 with RISP (.068) at Citi Field in their last 15 games. In that span, the team has a 3-12 record at home.
If anyone wants to know why the Mets are simply one of the worst teams in the league right now, there’s the answer.
