Understatement time: it has not been a good week for the New York Mets. The team blew their 5.5 game lead in the NL East thanks to their season-long seven-game losing streak. The Mets finally ended that streak last night, and they had the opportunity to still come out of the weekend with a one-game lead in the division and yet another series victory against the Phillies. Instead, the bats once again went quiet, and one awful inning doomed the Mets to a 7-1 loss.
It was a battle between southpaws tonight, with David Peterson facing off against Jesús Luzardo.