{"id":63191,"date":"2025-05-21T08:27:35","date_gmt":"2025-05-21T08:27:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=63191"},"modified":"2025-05-21T08:35:52","modified_gmt":"2025-05-21T08:35:52","slug":"mets-offensive-struggles-continue-with-shutout-loss-to-red-sox-were-going-through-it-no-doubt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=63191","title":{"rendered":"Mets\u2019 offensive struggles continue with shutout loss to Red Sox: \u2018We\u2019re going through it, no doubt\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/img.mlbstatic.com\/mlb-images\/image\/upload\/t_16x9\/t_w1024\/mlb\/hsbfpaqmbw7cwuxg8kq0\" alt=\"Carlos Mendoza on Mets' first half of the season\" \/>Things were shaping up perfectly for the Mets on Tuesday night.<\/p>\n<p>With a struggling offense, New York got into an overworked Boston bullpen early after <strong>Walker Buehler<\/strong> was ejected with just one out in the top of the third for arguing a missed strike call to <strong>Juan Soto<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>However, not much changed, and the Mets were unable to get anything going.<\/p>\n<p>New York\u2019s at-bats were mainly lifeless and they didn\u2019t make much hard contact &#8212; managing just two walks and four hits while going 0-for-7 with runners in scoring position and grounding out 13 times in their third shutout loss of the season.<\/p>\n<p>This is the first time the Mets have dropped three consecutive games on the year &#8212; and the biggest factor in that easily has been their sluggish offense.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re going through it right now, no doubt about it,\u201d <strong>Carlos Mendoza<\/strong> said. \u201cWe\u2019re having a hard time putting guys on consistently and when we do get those guys on, we\u2019re having a hard time getting them in \u2014 offensively, we\u2019re going through it right now.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>New York has scored just 10 runs over their last seven games &#8212; they\u2019ve gone 5-for-44 with runners in scoring position over that span, leaving a total of 43 men on-base, and they haven\u2019t hit a homer since <strong>Brett Baty<\/strong>\u2019s solo shot last Tuesday against the Pirates.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Juan Soto<\/strong> has five hits during that stretch, <strong>Pete Alonso<\/strong> has four, <strong>Francisco Lindor<\/strong> two.<\/p>\n<p>Those three haven\u2019t done much setting the table at the top, but it\u2019s not just them &#8212; <strong>Mark Vientos<\/strong> and <strong>Francisco Alvarez<\/strong> have cooled off after a hot stretch and <strong>Brandon Nimmo<\/strong> is all the way down to a .719 OPS on the year.<\/p>\n<p>Mendoza said he\u2019s always looking for ways to shake things up &#8212; but for now, they just have to keep battling.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Some things just aren&#8217;t bouncing our way,&#8221; Nimmo said. &#8220;I&#8217;ve never encountered a year where we haven&#8217;t gone through something like this. Even the 100-win season we encountered it in September &#8212; it&#8217;s just part of the game, unfortunately.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It happens,&#8221; Mendoza added. &#8220;We just have to continue to fight, we have to continue to work, we have to stay positive. We just have to turn the page. It might not sound right, but that\u2019s what we have to do. 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