Daniel Murphy‘s error was the story of the Mets’ Game 4 loss. It was what came before that, though, that resulted in the Mets losing the game.
With the Mets six outs away from tying the World Series at two games apiece, manager Terry Collins — who had been pushing mostly all the right buttons so far this postseason — pushed the wrong button when he called on Tyler Clippard. And Collins turning to Clippard was the result of mismanagement earlier in the game.
After Steven Matz departed the game in the sixth inning, Collins used Jon Niese and then Bartolo Colon, who stranded an inherited runner at third base.