Mets shut out once again as they are swept by Marlins

Steve Mitchell-USA TODAY SportsThe New York Mets opened their six-game road trip with a win against the Washington Nationals to improve their record to 20-20. Whatever good vibes existed from that victory have quickly vanished, culminating in an embarrassing shutout loss to the Miami Marlins on Sunday. The defeat dropped the Mets a season-worst five games below .500.

Both starting pitchers were dealing, with Sandy Alcantara and Noah Syndergaard matching zeroes through the first five innings. Syndergaard primarily relied on his fastball and his changeup—as he did in his last start—and the Marlins couldn’t touch him early on. He was perfect through four innings and tossed just 38 pitches while…