The Mets were still within striking distance when Carlos Mendoza decided to call to the bullpen in the fourth inning for right-hander Adam Ottavino.
When the top of the fourth ended, the Phillies had blown the game wide open and the Mets were looking at a six-run deficit in what eventually turned into aAs a whole, the Mets bullpen surrendered seven runs on nine hits on a night that Mendoza even turned to infielder Eddy Alvarez to pitch in the ninth to try to preserve some of their arms with the game all but over.
After walking Bryce Harper intentionally, Ottavino gave up a three-run blast to Alec Bohm on a 1-1 sweeper that he sent into the left-field stands to make it an 8-2 ballgame.“It’s kind of the story. I mean, it really wasn’t much to it. Fourteen pitches and kind of ruined everything right there,” Ottavino told The Post.
“I think he’s getting ahead, but not finishing hitters when he needs,” Mendoza said of Ottavino’s recent outings.
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