{"id":138038,"date":"2025-09-12T07:13:07","date_gmt":"2025-09-12T07:13:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/138038\/"},"modified":"2025-09-12T07:13:07","modified_gmt":"2025-09-12T07:13:07","slug":"mets-fall-victim-to-mlbs-worst-historical-collapse-in-loss-to-phillies-as-playoff-chances-dwindle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/138038\/","title":{"rendered":"Mets fall victim to MLB’s worst historical collapse in loss to Phillies as playoff chances dwindle"},"content":{"rendered":"

Mets fall victim to MLB’s worst historical collapse in loss to Phillies as playoff chances dwindle<\/a> originally appeared on The Sporting News<\/a><\/p>\n

The New York Mets are now clinging to a lead of less than two games for the final NL Wild Card spot. With just over two weeks left in the regular season, the Mets are heading into uncharted waters\u2014ones they\u2019d rather avoid. And right now, the team is spiraling at the worst possible time.<\/a><\/p>\n

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\u201cThis is not the first demoralizing skid of this topsy-turvy Mets season. Far from it. It is the club\u2019s fifth losing streak of at least four games, their third of at least five. Everybody wearing blue and orange continues to express confidence in the team\u2019s ability to, once again, turn things around. That\u2019s reasonable. There is too much stardom, too much talent, to abandon all faith,\u201d Yahoo Sports\u2019 Jake Mintz wrote.<\/p>\n

On Thursday night, the Mets were swept by the Phillies\u2014and a big reason was Jesus Luzardo\u2019s impressive rebound performance.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe left-hander rebounded from a four-run opening frame by retiring the final 22 batters he faced to set the stage for Philadelphia’s 6-4 comeback victory at Citizens Bank Park. The win secured a four-game sweep for the Phillies (87-60), who moved a season-high 11 games ahead of the Mets,\u201d MLB.com\u2019s Paul Casella wrote.<\/a><\/p>\n

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In classic rivalry fashion, Luzardo\u2019s outing also helped place the Mets on the wrong side of MLB history\u2014something no other team has ever done.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Mets are the only MLB team in the modern era to score 4+ runs in the first inning but have nobody reach base the rest of the game and end up losing,\u201d Opta Stats posted.<\/a><\/p>\n

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With their season unraveling at the worst time, this historical stat is a painful summary of where things stand. The Mets are still one of the most talented teams in the league\u2014but right now, they haven\u2019t figured it out. And if things don\u2019t change quickly, they won\u2019t just be thinking about the postseason\u2014they\u2019ll be thinking about early vacation plans.<\/p>\n

Yes, New York still holds a Wild Card lead\u2014but this losing streak needs to stop. The Mets are playing with fire, and that never ends well. For now, they\u2019re part of a history no team wants to make.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Mets fall victim to MLB’s worst historical collapse in loss to Phillies as playoff chances dwindle originally appeared…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":138039,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[435],"tags":[49,48,57319,28145,462,475,1518,1498,82],"class_list":{"0":"post-138038","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-mlb","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-canada","10":"tag-jesus-luzardo","11":"tag-losing-streak","12":"tag-mlb","13":"tag-new-york-mets","14":"tag-philadelphia","15":"tag-phillies","16":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/138038","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=138038"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/138038\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/138039"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=138038"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=138038"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=138038"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}