The Mets’ already sinking ship got attacked by Pirates on Friday and was left for scrapheap on the Allegheny River.
for manager Buck Showalter’s beleaguered bunch with the kind of embarrassing performance that might leave scars.Sloppy on defense, with awful pitching for a second straight night, the Mets lost 14-7 to the Pirates at PNC Park.The ugliness came a night after the Mets had a late meltdown in Atlanta and surrendered six runs in the final three innings of a 13-10 loss that completed a Braves sweep.Tylor Megill reacts during the Mets’ loss to the Pirates on June 9.
Tommy Hunter, who allowed the game-winning homer to Ozzie Albies on Thursday, was back for mop up duty on Friday and allowed consecutive blasts to Carlos Santana and Jack Suwinski in the eighth inning that completed the laugher. Mark Vientos’ RBI single in the second and Francisco Lindor’s homer got the Mets to 2-2 in the third, but the night unraveled on Megill in the bottom of the inning.
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