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Mets Plummet to 8th Straight Loss After Rangers Rally Late
The Mets' bullpen faltered in the eighth and ninth innings, extending their losing streak to eight games despite a strong start by rookie Brandon Sproat.
- The New York Mets lost their eighth straight game on Saturday at Citi Field, falling 3-2 to the Texas Rangers after a ninth-inning rally.
- The Mets led 2-0 entering the eighth inning but their bullpen faltered due to Edwin Diaz’s third blown save, as the Rangers capitalized on a miscue by Alvarez.
- Brandon Sproat pitched six scoreless innings with three strikeouts in his Citi Field debut, while Juan Soto hit his 40th home run of the season to put the Mets ahead 2-0.
- Wyatt Langford delivered the go-ahead RBI single with two outs in the ninth off Diaz, completing Texas’s sixth straight win and their 26th comeback this season.
- The loss extended the Mets’ longest losing streak since 2018, leaving them behind the Giants for the final National League wild card and raising concerns despite promising rookie performances.
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Mets Lose Again, Briefly Fall Out Of NL Wild Card Spot
The New York Mets‘ once-certain postseason berth is now very much in peril. The Mets briefly fell out of the National League’s No. 3 wild card spot Saturday after their 3-2 defeat to the Texas Rangers at Citi Field on Saturday — their eighth straight loss. New York (76-73), which led the National League East as recently as Aug. 2 and were in the second wild card and five games up on the San Francisco Giants as recently as Sept. 2, fell percentag…
Daily Local News
Mets plummet to 8th straight loss after Rangers rally late
NEW YORK — Wyatt Langford hit a tiebreaking single off All-Star closer Edwin Díaz with two outs in the ninth inning, and the Texas Rangers rallied past the plummeting New York Mets 3-2 on Saturday. Juan Soto launched his 40th home run but the Mets lost their eighth straight — their longest skid since 2018. New York began the day a half-game ahead of San Francisco in the race for the last National League wild card. The Rangers, who equaled a seas…
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NEW YORK (AP) — Wyatt Langford connected a single that broke the tie against the stellar locker Edwin Diaz when there were two outs in the ninth inning, and the Texas Rangers went back on Saturday to beat 3-2 to a New York Mets that plummeted.
Mets lose another heartbreaker to drop eighth straight game with season slipping away
After seven excellent and scoreless innings on defense and on the mound, the Mets caved in the eighth and ninth in a crushing — and another — 3-2 heartbreaker to the Rangers in front of 41,752 at Citi Field who began the Saturday cheering for the old timers and ended the night booing what is left of the 2025 Mets.
Mets’ bullpen implosion squanders Brandon Sproat’s gem vs. Rangers, losing streak reaches 8
The future may look bright for the Mets, but the present continues to get more and more bleak. The Mets got six scoreless innings from standout rookie Brandon Sproat on Saturday in his second career start, only for their bullpen to implode in a back-breaking 3-2 loss to the Texas Rangers. Wyatt Langford’s ninth-inning RBI single against Edwin Diaz proved to be the game-winner at Citi Field, extending the Mets’ losing streak to a season-high eigh…
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