The Mets were hoping the start of a new month would bring them a clean slate and more success than June did, but one thing the calendar change could not bring them was a better bullpen. Another bullpen meltdown turned a 6-1 lead in the seventh into a 8-6 loss in Toronto on Tuesday night. The bullpen allowed five runs in the seventh to tie the game at six, and a two-run homer by Lourdes Gurriel Jr. in the eighth was the death knell, propelling the Jays ahead to stay. The Mets got the lead run to the plate in the ninth, but stranded the runners on base.
Final Score: Mets 8, Blue Jays 6—Oh, Lourdes
