The New York Mets face the Philadelphia Phillies on Wednesday, Sept. 10, 2025 (9/10/25) in a regular season MLB game at Citizens Bank Park in Philadelphia.

Carlos Mendoza did not shy away from the blame game amid the Mets' sixth consecutive loss after an embarrassing night vs. the Phillies.

New York began the night with a 3 1/2-game lead over Cincinnati for the final National League wild card.

Thursday's 6-4 loss to the rival Philadelphia Phillies, which completed a four-game sweep, marked the Mets’ sixth straight defeat. Carlos Mendoza’s club is 3-7 in September and 21-29 in the second half, and they entered Friday only 1 1/2 games up over the Cincinnati Reds and San Francisco Giants for the NL’s final Wild Card spot.

Jesús Luzardo retired 22 straight batters after giving up four runs in the first inning, and the Phillies stormed back to beat the reeling Mets to complete a four-game sweep.

It’ll be Nola’s fifth start since coming off the injured list. He gave up five runs in the first inning of his most recent start in Milwaukee and has an 8.38 ERA in four starts since coming off the injured list.

Jacob deGrom received a six-run lead before throwing a pitch in his return to Citi Field, and the Texas Rangers beat the Mets 8-3 to give New York its third seven-game losing streak this year

CINCINNATI (AP) — Sal Stewart hit his first major league home run, Brady Singer extended his winning streak to four and the Cincinnati Reds defeated the New York Mets 6-3 on Saturday night.