The Mets did pretty much all they could. And still.
They had a soft 10-game stretch to get well after being slapped around by the Astros. They went 6-4. Sure, it could have been 7-3 or 8-2. But it wasn’t 5-5 or 4-6 or worse. And yet, here they are. What was a three-game lead in the NL East over the reigning world champion Braves on June 29 is now a 1.5-game edge on July 11; three games up in the loss column is now two.
Which brings us to this three-game series starting Monday night in Atlanta.