lost Christian Scott to the injured list<\/a> with a right hip impingement, further raising questions about the starting pitching, Myers surrendered seven earned runs over 1 \u00b9\/\u2083 innings.<\/p>\nTobias Myers throws a pitch during the Mets\u2019 June 15 loss to the Reds. USA TODAY Network via Reuters Connect<\/p>\n
\u201cIt sucks,\u201d Myers said. \u201cIt felt like you let the team down. The team has been playing really well the last couple of weeks, too. Definitely a blow to me; it sucks.\u201d<\/p>\n
Eugenio Su\u00e1rez created most of the misery with two home runs, including a grand slam, helping the NL Central basement dwellers beat the Mets for a third time in four meetings this season. <\/p>\n
Su\u00e1rez finished with six RBIs.<\/p>\n
Only adding to the Mets\u2019 sense of uncertainty is Kodai Senga\u2019s scheduled return from the injured list to start Tuesday night. <\/p>\n
Will the Mets receive a respectable version of the right-hander or will it be the pitcher who cratered in the second half of last season and owned a 9.00 ERA before he was sidelined in April with lumbar spine inflammation?<\/p>\n
\u201cGuys will continue to get opportunities and guys will need to step up,\u201d manager Carlos Mendoza said. \u201cWe have got a lot of guys in there that are more than capable, and we need those guys to step up, especially right now when we\u2019re banged up.\u201d<\/p>\n
Offensively, the Mets were punchless against Chase Burns and the Reds bullpen, finishing 1-for-12 with runners in scoring position. <\/p>\n
This was after scoring seven and eight runs in their two victories over the Braves at Citi Field.<\/p>\n
\u201cThat\u2019s a tough one there,\u201d Mendoza said, referring to Burns. \u201cWe\u2019re facing a pretty good arm \u2014 we didn\u2019t score any runs, obviously \u2014 but we put together some really good at-bats against a pretty good arm. We created traffic. We just couldn\u2019t get the big hit.\u201d<\/p>\n
Eugenio Suarez rounds the bases after hitting a home run during the Mets\u2019 June 15 loss to the Reds. IMAGN IMAGES via Reuters Connect<\/p>\n
Burns lowered his ERA to 2.01 with five scoreless innings, allowing four hits and three walks, and recording seven strikeouts. <\/p>\n
It was an 11th straight start for the right-hander with two earned runs or fewer surrendered.<\/p>\n
Myers didn\u2019t need long to get roughed up. <\/p>\n
Blake Dunn opened the game for the Reds with a double and stole third as part of a double steal after Sal Stewart\u2019s walk. <\/p>\n
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Spencer Steer\u2019s ground out gave the Reds their first run. <\/p>\n
With two outs, Myers ran the count full to Su\u00e1rez, who blasted a four-seamer over the left field fence for a 3-0 Mets deficit.<\/p>\n
\u201cI think command was my main issue overall \u2014 just not locating well, getting behind hitters,\u201d Myers said. \u201cIt\u2019s tough to face major league hitters when you are behind most of the time. It\u2019s something we have already kind of looked at a little bit. We\u2019re going to dig deeper and get to work.\u201d<\/p>\n
Tobias Myers gets pulled by Carlos Mendoza during the Mets\u2019 June 15 loss to the Reds. Getty Images<\/p>\n
But the first was hardly the Mets\u2019 worst inning of the night. <\/p>\n
In the second, Myers loaded the bases on a walk, a single and a mishandled bunt before walking JJ Bleday with the bases loaded. <\/p>\n
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Jonathan Pintaro entered and allowed a single to Stewart that extended the Reds lead to 5-0, with the bases still loaded. <\/p>\n
Su\u00e1rez unloaded them with his ninth career grand slam, a shot that cleared the center field fence.<\/p>\n
Bleday launched a three-run homer in the eighth against David Peterson for the final scoring. <\/p>\n
Peterson allowed three earned runs on two hits and two walks over three innings \u2014 his third straight underwhelming performance from the bullpen.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"CINCINNATI \u2014 The Mets needed a Knicks-like comeback Monday night. Instead of getting Josh Hart, they showed little…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":268222,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[32318,35576,20,9,11,320,10,319,72254],"class_list":["post-268221","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york","tag-cincinnati-reds","tag-david-peterson","tag-mlb","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-headlines","tag-new-york-mets","tag-new-york-news","tag-sports","tag-tobias-myers"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/268221","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=268221"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/268221\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/268222"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=268221"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=268221"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=268221"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}