Mets Week in Review: 11-Game Losing Streak Puts New York In Deep NL East Hole

Image courtesy of © Matt Marton-Imagn Images

Mets Video

New York Mets

Record Last Week: 0-6

Runs Scored Last Week: 10

Runs Surrendered Last Week: 33

Standings:

5th in NL East

7.5 GB of 1st Place

Transactions:

4/13 New York Mets selected the contract of LF Tommy Pham from St. Lucie Mets.

4/13 New York Mets optioned 3B Ronny Mauricio to Syracuse Mets. 4/14 New York Mets released RHP Luis García.

4/14 New York Mets placed RHP Joey Gerber on the 15-day injured list. Right finger blister.

4/14 New York Mets recalled RHP Austin Warren from Syracuse Mets. 4/15 New York Mets placed LF Jared Young on the 10-day injured list retroactive to April 13, 2026. Left meniscus tear.

4/15 New York Mets recalled LF MJ Melendez from Syracuse Mets. 4/16 New York Mets sent LHP A.J. Minter on a rehab assignment to Brooklyn Cyclones.

4/16 New York Mets traded LHP Richard Lovelady to Washington Nationals for cash.

4/18 New York Mets placed 2B Jorge Polanco on the 10-day injured list retroactive to April 15, 2026. Right wrist contusion.

4/18 New York Mets recalled C Hayden Senger from Syracuse Mets.

Scores:

Game 16 (4/13): NYM 0, LAD 4

Game 17 (4/14): NYM 1, LAD 3

Game 18 (4/15): NYM 2, LAD 8

Game 19 (4/17): NYM 4, CHC 12

Game 20 (4/18): NYM 2, CHC 4

Game 21 (4/19): NYM -, CHC -

Series Breakdown/Highlights

Dodgers Series: The Mets took their losing streak to Chavez Ravine to take on the defending world champion Dodgers. The losing streak was extended after the team was swept right out of LA. It wasn't ever really close. In game one, the Mets were shut out 4-0. David Peterson, who took the loss, was not as bad as he was in prior outings this season, though he was on the ropes early. The Mets' offense sputtered two singles against Dodgers starter Justin Wrobleski across eight innings. They added one in the ninth against Tanner Scott, though that was erased on a double play.

In game two, the Mets had a lead for a half inning after Fransisco Lindor lead the game off with a home run off Yoshinobu Yamamoto. Nolan McLean gave it right back on an RBI single from Will Smith. The two starters traded zeros until the bullpens came in. It took an eighth inning bloop RBI single by Kyle Tucker off Brooks Raley to break the 1-1 tie. Alex Vesia came in and struck out the side to earn the save.

In the series finale, on Jackie Robinson Day, Clay Holmes and Shohei Ohtani duked it out on the mound. The Dodgers took a second-inning 2-0 lead on a Hyeseong Kim two-run home run. The Mets got a run back on a RBI ground-rule double by the hottest hitter in the lineup (MJ Melendez), but stranded runners in scoring position when they could have had a big inning. Devin Williams came in for the eighth inning, loaded the bases with no outs and gave up a back-breaking grand slam to Daulton Rushing to put the game out of reach. The Mets got swept, though they scored a run in the bottom of the ninth to avoid total embarrassment.

Cubs Series: Kodai Senga got the start in game one of the series. He spotted the Cubs four runs in the top of the first inning. The bottom of the Mets' lineup did respond scoring three runs, but it was not enough. Senga would go on to allow four more runs and ended his day going 3.1 innings, allowing seven runs, six earned. Sean Manaea came in and was able to give the Mets bullpen four innings of work and gave up five runs. The Mets lost 12-4.

In game two of the series, Freddy Peralta got the start. The Mets gave him an early 1-0 lead, though that was handed right back. After Peralta waked two batters with two outs in the sixth inning, Carlos Mendoza went to his not-so-trusty bullpen. Brooks Raley came in and gave up a back-breaking pinch-hit three run home run to Carson Kelly. The Mets scored a run in the eighth inning, but it wasn't enough as they fell to the Cubs 4-2.

It was the finale where the Mets hit rock bottom. They got good pitching from Tobias Myers, who opened the game, David Peterson who came in for relief, and Huascar Brazoban and Brooks Raley out of the bullpen. Going into the bottom of the ninth inning, the Mets had a 1-0 lead and went to closer Devin Williams. The one run was a solo home run by MJ Melendez. Williams would blow the save in the ninth inning on an RBI double by Michael Conforto into the corner with one out. Williams would escape the inning, but a wild pitch and a sac fly in the bottom of the tenth against Craig Kimbrel gave the Cubs a walk-off sweep. The Mets are now on an 11-game losing streak, their longest since 2004.