The Mets’ bats were sluggish again early in their Sunday night finale against the Padres. Through four innings, the team remained hitless against Padres’ starter Joe Musgrove. While he faced a bit more traffic on the bases, Mets’ starter Carlos Carrasco matched Musgrove zero for zero through four,
When the Mets squandered a second and third, no out opportunity in the top of the fifth after a Daniel Vogelbach single and a Mark Canha double—and the Padres followed by breaking the scoreless tie in the top of the sixth on an Eric Bleeping Hosmer RBI double in the top of the sixth—it felt as if the team might go down to a desultory sweep at the hands of the Padres.