The Mets were winning 4-1 going into the ninth inning at Marlins Park last night. With Giancarlo Stanton not due up for the Marlins and AJ Ramos coming in, New York was in a good position to win.

Justin Bour greeted Ramos with a long solo home run to pull the Marlins within two. The run driven in by Jose Reyes in the top of the ninth inning suddenly seemed enormous as the Fish had nobody out, still down by two.

J.T. Realmuto singled before Derek Dietrich was called out on strikes. Brian Anderson followed up with a single as well to put runners on first and third with one out. Pinch-hitter Dee Gordon then struck out swinging for the second out, bringing A.J. Ellis to the plate. Ellis singled to bring the Marlins within one. Next up was Ichiro Suzuki who, you guessed it, singled to tie the game.

After walking Giancarlo Stanton on four straight pitches to load the bases, Ramos was removed from the game. Paul Sewald came in and struck out Christian Yelich on a full count offering, temporarily saving the tie score.

But J.T. Realmuto homered in the tenth to serve the Mets a tough loss.

“There’s not really an excuse,” Ramos said. “I made the pitches, for the most part, that I wanted to except for Giancarlo, I was pissed about that, but they just beat me plain and simple. There’s no excuses they just played better than me tonight.”

This was the first save Ramos has blown since joining the Mets, having converted seven straight opportunities. Despite his converting seven of eight save chances, his ERA since joining the Mets now sits at 5.09.

“My stuff hasn’t been as crisp as normal,” Ramos said. “I was a little too amped up today, but also they laid off some good pitches. Bour hit the slider, backdoor — it was going to be probably a ball but he waited back on it and hit it pretty well.”

Going into next season, the former Marlins closer is projected to be the setup man, handling the eighth inning in front of Jeurys Familia. This is a guy who posted a 2.62 ERA and 3.09 FIP in 278 1/3 innings from 2013-16. If he can regain that level of play for next season, the Mets could have a formidable bullpen also considering Jerry Blevins, Sewald and some of the young arms they acquired in trades this summer.

Overall this season, Ramos has gone 2-4 with a 4.08 ERA and 4.13 FIP. In 57.1 innings he has struck out 70 and walked 33.