LOS ANGELES – Carlos Carrasco’s rebound for two straight outings in a row was the second best he could have done at the Mets on Friday.
The first best would have been to beat the Dodgers (with an offensive start to boot), but from there, Fantasyland is 30 miles south, the same direction the Mets season continues.
Despite five respectable Carrasco innings in their longest outing of the season, the Mets crashed and burned offensively in a 3-2 loss at Dodger Stadium that pushed them six games behind the brave Braves in the NL East .
The defeat was the seventh for the Mets in eight games. In August, they go from 5 to 14.
The Mets have averaged 3.2 runs during the first five games of this road trip. But that number is skewed by the five runs that scored in extra innings to beat the Giants on Wednesday. In regulation of nine innings, the Mets average 2.2 runs per game during the trip.
“We are honest with ourselves and we are aware of our situation,” Michael Conforto said. “We know we haven’t been winning many games, so we’re going to work our ass off here. We are going to look for some energy ”.
The Mets (60-62) had a chance to take control of the game in the eighth, but JD Davis was caught watching strike three on a 96-mph fast ball from left Alex Vesia to leave the bases loaded. It was followed by the launch of ten Conforto launches which ended with a walk.
At the entrance, Jeff McNeil was caught watching strike three on a quick ball by Walker Buehler: the playing field appeared inside for ball four. An upset McNeil threw the bat and burst into the tunnel inside the Mets’ excavation. Pete Alonso followed with a simple RBI, the team’s second hit of the inning.
“Jeff really had a great bat here,” Conforto said. “He felt like he won this bat-bat and some frustration may have come out, but he’s human and that’s going to happen. I probably would have had the same reaction if they had blown me up in this last throw.”
Kenley Jansen finished the Mets with a perfect ninth inning to save. Buehler dominated the Mets for more than 7.2 / ₃ innings in which he allowed two runs won in six hits with eight attacks.
Carrasco allowed three runs won in five hits with six hits and a walk in a much cleaner performance than his clunker against the Dodgers on Sunday. In this game six runs won (including three homers) were allowed in two innings. In his previous start, Carrasco only survived one entry against the nationals and yielded four wins.
Tonight, Carrasco allowed four batters in a row to reach base in the third, when the Dodgers scored two goals to take a 3-0 lead. Max Muncy hit an RBI double after Trea Turner was singled out to start the rally. Justin Turner followed Muncy’s double with a walk and Corey Seager made a run with a single. Carrasco bounced to avoid further damage, removing Chris Taylor and Cody Bellinger.
Carrasco was asked if it was difficult to fall into a three-run hole given the team’s offensive struggles.
“I never give up,” Carrasco said. “I trust my team. I trust my boys. They played a lot, it was a very good match. … They should be happy about it. “
Trea Turner doubled to lead the top spot for the Dodgers and scored the first roll of the game on Justin Turner’s fair ground. Trea Turner, who arrived with Max Scherzer from the Nationals on the trade deadline, came in with a .304 / .353 / .413 lineup with his new team.
Alonso threw a first-throw slider from Buehler over the fence in the center of the right to start the quarter, throwing the Mets 3-1. He was Alonso’s No. 27 homer, who also pitted against the Giants on Tuesday.
“Just knowing we’ve fought, with our offense as it has been, only demonstrates the resilience these guys have,” manager Luis Rojas said. “Not being offended doesn’t mean you play carelessly. Not having an offensive is that you can’t score and win games because you didn’t score “.