Mets Win Streak Snapped at Four Games in Loss to Cards

CARDINALS 7 - METS 3

So much for that winning streak that was starting to ever so slowly pull Mets fans back into the mix.

Yes, the Amazin's waived the white flag earlier this month when they dealt Justin Verlander and Max Scherzer, among others in several blockbuster deals at the deadline, but in recent days the Mets somehow got themselves within shouting distance of the last wild card.

Pete Alonso greeted by Buck Schowalter. Getty Images

They won four in a row entering play Sunday. Pete Alonso, who has found himself ensnared in wild rumors started up by New York sports talk radio lug-heads that he is at the center of the Mets woes as a clubhouse cancer, has been on fire lately.

Alonso has hit four home runs in the last five games, now owns 39 homers on the year, and is well on his way to making a case for the home run title in Major League Baseball.

Three words: Pay the Man!

Alonso is a free agent after the 2024 season. Simply pay the man.

He hit another home run on Sunday afternoon that gave the Mets a 2-1 lead in the fourth inning. The homer had Mets fans thinking the impossible -- a sweep of the St. Louis Cardinals in St. Louis? Really!?!

Alas, reality bit quickly when Paul Goldschmidt cracked a two-run homer off struggling Mets starter Carlos Carrasco that gave St. Louis a 3-2 lead. They would never look back.

The Cards pounded reliever Trevor Gott with four runs in the bottom of the seventh to ice it.

The Mets (58-67) head over to Atlanta to face the red-hot Braves who knocked around the Mets a little over a week ago. New York heads back to Flushing this coming weekend to face the powers of the AL West in the Angels (at least Shohei Ohtani comes to town), the Texas Rangers (Max Scherzer's return), and the Seattle Mariners.

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