ATLANTA — If there is any game a team needs to win, it is the one that begins with their top starting pitcher on the mound. The Mets are still trying to figure out how to make that happen more often.
Even with a near-flawless performance from Jacob deGrom, one of the best starting pitchers in baseball, the erratic Mets can’t seem to win.
The Mets’ inept play behind deGrom may be the most fitting illustration of their malaise, which now includes a 4-3 loss in the first game of Monday’s rain-soaked doubleheader against the division rival Atlanta Braves.