Who could have known that firing the pitching coach and bullpen coach last week wouldn’t solve the Mets’ problems?
At least this one wasn’t a blown lead. The Mets lineup ensured that with an anemic performance against Mike Soroka and the Braves’ bullpen, but the comeback attempt wasn’t helped by the latest bullpen inferno.
In this one, Robert Gsellman surrendered three runs in the eighth inning to bury the Mets, who lost their sixth straight, 6-2 to the Braves at Citi Field.
Just over a week after the Mets fired pitching coach Dave Eiland and bullpen coach Chuck Hernandez, the late-inning madness remained at fever pitch as Johan Camargo’s three-run double against Gsellman in the eighth broke open a game the Braves had been leading 3-2.