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Mets general manager Sandy Alderson can joke all he wants about the hysteria surrounding his team’s lack of offensive production, but the zeroes are real, and they count.
The Mets stretched the agony to 11 innings on Wednesday before losing their second straight, 2-0 to the Cubs at Citi Field.
All told, the Mets (40-39) have gone 20 innings without scoring a run, turning their three-game sweep of the Reds over the weekend into a distant memory. Wednesday’s loss was the Mets’ 20th this season in which they scored one run or less.