Silent offense and Brett Baty's costly error dooms Mets in 5-0 loss to Marlins

The Mets lost to the Miami Marlins on Wednesday at Citi Field as they were unable to complete the three-game sweep.

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Silent offense and Brett Baty's costly error dooms Mets in 5-0 loss to Marlins

The Mets lost to the Marlins, 5-0, on Wednesday at Citi Field as they were unable to secure a three-game sweep.

Here are the takeaways...

- Marlins right-hander Max Meyer stymied the Mets while holding them hitless until there was one out in the sixth inning, when Francisco Lindorripped a single through the hole between first base and second base. But any chance of a New York rally was extinguished when Juan Soto grounded into a 5-6-3 double play.

Soto finished 0-for-4, failing to reach base in a game for the first time this season.

The Mets got a leadoff hit from Pete Alonso in the seventh, as he smashed a single over the third base bag, but he was stranded as Brandon Nimmo, Starling Marte, and Mark Vientos went down in order after him.

There were no other threats from that point on as New York was shut out for the first time this season.

- Things got off to a rocky start for Tylor Megill, who walked the first two batters on eight pitches. But he settled in after that, getting three strikeouts while working around an infield single to escape trouble.

Megill had seven strikeouts through three hard-working, but scoreless innings. Entering the fourth with his pitch count at 70, a quick inning had him at 81 pitches through four.

With a runner on first base and no one out in the top of the fifth inning, Brett Baty fielded a grounder while ranging to his right and airmailed the throw to second base into the outfield. Right after Baty's error, Matt Mervis ripped an RBI single to give the Marlins a 1-0 lead -- and end Megill's day.

Max Kranick relieved Megill and got a strikeout for the first out and fly out for the second out, but an excuse-me bloop single to left field off the bat of Nick Fortes -- who dropped his head and started jogging to first base thinking it was the third out -- increased Miami's lead to 2-0.

Both of the runs the Marlins scored in the fifth were unearned due to Baty's error.

Kranick was tremendous again, working 2.0 scoreless innings while allowing one hit, walking none, and striking out two. He has yet to give up a run through 8.2 innings this season.

- Edwin Diaz, needing some work after not having pitched since Sunday and with the Mets having a day off on Thursday, pitched the ninth inning. It didn't go well, as he allowed three runs -- punctuated by a two-run homer to right field by Mervis.

Diaz, who seemed to have no adrenaline during his appearance, featured a fastball that ranged between 92 and 96 mph. He threw 30 pitches -- allowing two hits and walking two -- before being removed with two outs.

Speaking after the game, manager Carlos Mendoza said Diaz is fine physically, suggesting his reduced velocity was due to him dealing with the cold, dry weather.

- Ryne Stanek fired a perfect inning in the seventh, striking out a pair, while Huascar Brazoban worked around a one-out single to toss a scoreless eighth.

- Baty's struggles at the plate continued. He fell into an 0-2 hole his first time up before chasing a pitch in the dirt for strike three. He ran a full count his second time up before striking out looking at a fastball on the outer half. Baty grounded out to third base in the eighth inning as his OPS for the season dropped to .259.

Game MVP: Max Meyer

The Mets mustered just two hits and two walks against the righty in 6.1 innings.

Highlights

What's next

The Mets are off on Thursday.

They head to Sacramento to open a three-game series against the Athletics on Friday at 10:05 p.m. on SNY.

Griffin Canning gets the start for New York, opposed by JP Sears for the A's.

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