The Mets started a critical stretch of games Friday night the same way their benches-clearing clash against the Rockies ended: with a dud.
There was a lot of talking and not much action, the same as the Mets’ bats in a 5-1 loss to the Rockies at Citi Field.
Jacob deGrom tossed six innings of two-run baseball, but his offense and bullpen could not hold up their end of the bargain as the Mets began a stretch of 28 straight games against teams with above-.500 records with a whimper.
Tempers flared in the eighth inning. Drew Gagnon entered facing a 2-1 deficit and gave up a pair of home runs that made it 5-1 before hitting Ian Desmond on the back with a 2-1 fastball.