The Mets have lost 13 of their last 15 games and their lead over the idle Cincinnati Reds in the race for the final wild-card spot shrunk to a half-game. Francisco Lindor hit a third-inning solo homer and Brandon Nimmo (sacrifice fly) and Pete Alonso (single) had back-to-back RBIs to give the Mets a 3-2 lead in the sixth.

Another blown lead against the Braves brought the Mets to 2-13 over their last 15 games, marking a steep dropoff from their first-place standing in June.

Carlos Mendoza did not hold back on the Mets' recent struggles after the series-ending loss to the Braves on Thursday night.

Juan Soto is one of the best hitters in the game of baseball and is still young. However, a New York radio host isn't buying he is as young as he says he is.

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The Atlanta Braves and the New York Mets play the second game of a 3-game series Wednesday at Citi Field in Queens.

The Atlanta Braves are in Cleveland on Friday night to open a road series against the Guardians after taking two of three from their NL East rival New York Mets, improving to 53-68 but still sitting well outside the playoff picture.

At long last, the Mets received a solid start. It didn’t matter. Whatever can go wrong for this team will go wrong.