ATLANTA — The perfect storm of stench, ugliness and ineptitude enveloped the Mets on Monday in starting this crucial road trip with an embarrassing loss.
Zack Wheeler certainly was better than his final line suggested, but he wasn’t good. The lineup showed a trace of resiliency, but hardly enough. And then there was the defense, which can only strive to someday be merely inadequate. Jeurys Familia? Forget about it. By the time Drew Gagnon entered to dump kerosene on Familia’s blaze, the Mets were cooked, anyway.
The sum was a 12-3 loss to the Braves at SunTrust Park that pushed the Mets four games below .