The Mets may have missed their chance to sell high on Steven Matz.
In his first start back from the All-Star break, Matz had one of his worst outings of the season and continued his career-long second-half struggles, allowing a season-high nine hits, while matching a season-worst five runs allowed in a 7-6 loss to the Yankees in The Bronx.
Matz (4-8), who entered with a 5.50 ERA in 17 previous second-half starts, has now lost three straight outings.
“[My] stuff just wasn’t sharp. That’s the bottom line,” Matz said. “I couldn’t really command the fastball like I wanted to, breaking balls were up.