The Mets entered the series trailing the Phillies by seven games in the NL East. A Mets sweep would have pulled them within three games of the division. They held a four-game lead for the third NL Wild Card spot and had a 93.4% chance of making the playoffs, according to FanGraphs.

New York Mets manager Carlos Mendoza is shouldering the blame after his team's disastrous week, in which they were swept in a four-game series against the Philadelphia Phillies at Citizens Bank Park.

The New York Mets made the wrong kind of MLB history Thursday, losing in a way not seen before in the modern era.

The Rangers scored six runs in the top of the first off Jonah Tong, cruising to an 8-3 win over the Mets in Jacob deGrom’s return to Citi Field. By night’s end, New York’s lead in the National League wild-card race could be down to a half-game over Cincinnati (playing in West Sacramento) and/or San Francisco (in Chavez Ravine).

For the first time since he signed with the Rangers as a free agent after the 2022 season, Jacob deGrom is set to face the team he left behind. Texas has listed the 37-year-old deGrom as the probable

Tonight’s starter for New York Jonah Tong — a top prospect who had allowed just 18 earned runs in 113.2 minor league innings this year — didn’t even make it out of the first inning against Texas’ virtually minor league lineup. Tong got two outs but the Rangers scored six runs in the first inning, their most in an opening frame since 2022.

The Mets' latest loss showcased everything that has gone wrong: bad hitting, bad starting pitching, bad relief pitching, bad defense.