If things couldn't get any worse for the New York Mets, well it did on Sunday.
The Mets jumped out to a 5-0 lead. Cedric Mullins had his first home run in a Mets uniform. And then Sean Manaea and the Mets bullpen blew it big time!
The Brewers stromed back to tie the game at six on a Joey Ortiz single in the eighth inning. Then an inning later, Issac Collins won it for Milwuakee with a walk-off solo blast off Edwin Diaz to send the Brewers to a thrilling 7-6 victory.
As for the Mets their skid hit seven games with the defeat.
Their lead over the Reds in the NL Wild Card race shrunk to 1.5 games, and with a daunting schedule coming up with games against the Braves and Seattle Mariners upcoming, things are not going to get any easier.
The Mets simply aren't hitting well enough in situational baseball, and the starting rotation is failing consistently to get out of the fourth inning. On Sunday, Manaea only gave the Mets four innings before he was removed in the fifth.
It doesn't matter that the Mets went out and got three needed bullpen arms, if the starters can't give this team length, the bullpen is shot.
Is the collapse unavoidable? Yes, but it sure feels like it's destined to happen.

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