The nearly full house waited patiently Friday night for something to celebrate other than the free Mike Piazza jerseys, but frustration finally surfaced.
Michael Conforto flied out to finish a 1-2-3 seventh inning and boos resonated throughout the ballpark. In the eighth, the Mets received singles from Alejandro De Aza and Curtis Granderson to start the inning, but then went quietly. More boos followed, this time louder.
By the time Conforto was retired in the ninth to complete the Mets’ 6-1 loss to the Rockies, half the seats in Citi Field were empty and the reaction was muted.