Choking on dead fish isn’t the way you want to expire, but here are the Mets down to their last breath because of such reckless action.
For all the grit and resiliency the Mets have shown in 2019, they needed perfection and a prayer on this final homestand. The perfection part eluded them with an 8-4 loss to the Marlins on Monday.
The Mets’ tragic number in the NL wild-card race fell to two because of Washington’s victory over Philadelphia. The Mets have six games remaining and trail Milwaukee by five for the second wild card.
All equations placing the Mets into serious wild-card contention in this final week counted on them sweeping these 101-loss Marlins in four games.