New York Mets Are Handed Their Most Lopsided Loss in Franchise History

Now, admittedly, I rarely post anything on baseball. Just not a big fan of the sport, and generally, also just do not possess enough knowledge to actually be able to regularly write about it. Maybe when the playoffs, or specifically the World Series, rolls around I write about it. But truth be told, I cannot remember the last time that it happened.

But something remarkable happened yesterday, which got even my attention, and raised my eyebrows.

It has become such a common theme in New York area baseball these days, that it has become almost a caricature of sorts. 

Yes, indeed, if it is the warm weather season in the greater New York area, you expect to hear about both of the New York teams. Namely, that the Yankees had another amazing win and look good, while the Mets suffered another crushing defeat to add to their misery of this latest season.

This year has been no different. The Yankees may or may not be World Series material, although they certainly appear playoff bound. And even if they do not go to the World Series and win it all (again...yawn), then you can bet that the management will do everything possible to remedy that through their deep pockets in the near future.

Meanwhile, the Mets have some familiar themes, as well. They have some talent, but somehow, things are not going quite right. Just three years ago, the Mets made it all the way to the World Series, with some great pitching, but lost to the Kansas City Royals. Indeed, the Mets still have deep pitching, but they just seem incapable of putting it all together to field a serious contender. Right now, they are 44-60, fully 13 1/2 games out of first place, and basically all but officially out of playoff contention. It has been a season of disappointments once again for the Amazings," who have been anything but amazing thus far.

Yesterday, however, the Mets took this kind of negativity to a new level.

What happened? The Mets lost by an incredible margin, falling 25-4 to the Washington Nationals. It was one of those games where one team does everything right, and the other team does everything wrong. 

It was 19-0 in favor of Washington before the Mets managed to finally get on the board with a run in the seventh inning. The Nats then scored six more runs in the eighth inning, bringing the score up to 25-1, before the Mets finished with three in the ninth inning to make the final score of 25-4.

Again, I do not know much about baseball, but even I know that a score like that does not happen every day. It is really, really bad, like on a historical level. It was the worst loss in the 57-year history of the New York Mets. Seven Mets pitchers took the mound, and all but two allowed runs Overall, the Mets gave up 25 hits, which is the second most that the franchise has ever given up in it's history. 

The previous record for most runs given up by the Mets in a game came in 1985, when they lost one game to the Philadelphia Phillies by 26-7 on June 11th. However, the Mets would win a total of 98 games that season, and in the next year, they would go to the World Series and win it all for the second championship in franchise history.

By contrast, this game was just the lowest point in what has been a dire season. 

In an understatement, Mets Manager Mickey Callaway said, once it was all over:

“A tough loss. It’s embarrassing. We gotta do better than that.”

You can say that again!

Here is the article where I got the information that I used in writing this particular blog entry on that historical loss by the Mets:

NATIONALS 25, METS 4  Mets Endure Most Lopsided Defeat in Franchise History By James Wagner July 31, 2018

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/31/sports/baseball/mets-nationals-lopsided-loss.html