Mickey the Mouth
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- May 21, 2026
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MIAMI — The good news is the Mets ended Saturday afternoon’s game against the Miami Marlins in time to watch the Knicks in Game 2 of the Eastern Conference Finals.
The bad news? The Mets played like they were far more interested in the Knicks than they were in their own game.
They suffered a 4-1 loss at the hands of the Fish at LoanDepot Park, which has been a house of horrors for the Amazins’ since last fall, when they went 1-2 on the final weekend of the regular series to miss out on a playoff spot. It’s been no better this weekend, with the Mets dropping the first two games of a three-game series. They conclude the series and the seven-game NL East road trip Sunday at 1:40 p.m.
Right-hander Max Meyer was stellar, allowing only one hit and striking out eight while tossing seven scoreless innings against the Mets. He gave the Mets chances, but very few of them, walking three and hitting one.
The Mets didn’t get a runner into scoring position until they had two outs in the ninth. Tyrone Taylor pinch-hit a double to left field off left-hander Andrew Nardi, and Mark Vientos sent him home with a line drive to left.
A.J. Ewing hit a slow roller to third base for an easy final out, barely two hours after the first one.
Right-hander Freddy Peralta gave the Mets seven solid innings, but a two-run second inning put the Mets in an early hole. With one out and runners on second and third, Owen Caissie hit a double to right to score them both.
With the way they’ve been hitting over the last few days, a two-run deficit felt more like a much greater one.
It turned into a 3-0 lead for the Marlins (24-29) in the third inning when Liam Hicks took Peralta deep with one out, and eventually, a 4-0 lead when Hicks hit his second homer of the game to lead off the fifth inning.
The Mets’ offense has slowed to a crawl once again. Injuries have hit the lineup hard, but the rookie trio seemed to breathe new life into the team for a brief period of time. There was no life to the offense Saturday, leaving Perlata to perform a high-wire act. Miami took four runs off Peralta (3-4) on eight hits, walking twice and striking out nine times.
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The bad news? The Mets played like they were far more interested in the Knicks than they were in their own game.
They suffered a 4-1 loss at the hands of the Fish at LoanDepot Park, which has been a house of horrors for the Amazins’ since last fall, when they went 1-2 on the final weekend of the regular series to miss out on a playoff spot. It’s been no better this weekend, with the Mets dropping the first two games of a three-game series. They conclude the series and the seven-game NL East road trip Sunday at 1:40 p.m.
Right-hander Max Meyer was stellar, allowing only one hit and striking out eight while tossing seven scoreless innings against the Mets. He gave the Mets chances, but very few of them, walking three and hitting one.
The Mets didn’t get a runner into scoring position until they had two outs in the ninth. Tyrone Taylor pinch-hit a double to left field off left-hander Andrew Nardi, and Mark Vientos sent him home with a line drive to left.
A.J. Ewing hit a slow roller to third base for an easy final out, barely two hours after the first one.
Right-hander Freddy Peralta gave the Mets seven solid innings, but a two-run second inning put the Mets in an early hole. With one out and runners on second and third, Owen Caissie hit a double to right to score them both.
With the way they’ve been hitting over the last few days, a two-run deficit felt more like a much greater one.
It turned into a 3-0 lead for the Marlins (24-29) in the third inning when Liam Hicks took Peralta deep with one out, and eventually, a 4-0 lead when Hicks hit his second homer of the game to lead off the fifth inning.
The Mets’ offense has slowed to a crawl once again. Injuries have hit the lineup hard, but the rookie trio seemed to breathe new life into the team for a brief period of time. There was no life to the offense Saturday, leaving Perlata to perform a high-wire act. Miami took four runs off Peralta (3-4) on eight hits, walking twice and striking out nine times.
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