Here was the perfect spot for Jose Reyes. The Mets trailed by one run in the sixth. They had runners on first and third, one out. Reyes, 0-for-2018, was summoned to pinch hit, to take his 17th official at-bat.
About the best thing that could be said in Reyes’ turn against lefty reliever Sammy Solis on Tuesday at Citi Field was that his batting average didn’t drop. Kind of hard to plunge from zero. Batting righty, Reyes struck out, foul tipping a 2-2 pitch into the mitt of Washington catcher Pedro Severino.
“I’m kind of lost a little bit right now.