3 infuriating Mets takeaways from their series loss to the Phillies

2) The Mets remain too reliant on home runs, one big inning

At some point the Mets offense became a one-inning type of team. It seems like every day they score in only one or two innings. There’s never a game where they scratch together a run in the first on a sacrifice fly, back-to-back two out doubles in the second, come home on a wild pitch in the third, and cap it off with a three-run home run in the fourth. The Mets skipped right to the three run home run.

What we saw from the Mets offense on Friday against the Phillies was brilliant. But it was also pouring the whole bottle of syrup onto the waffle. It was welcomed to see after a series against the Toronto Blue Jays when they waited until the 9th inning to even get a hit. In their Monday game, it took scoring twice late without putting the ball in play to get the win.

Mets hitters have been miserable for most of September and it didn’t change in Philadelphia outside of Friday. A one-time murmur perhaps? Those double-digit run-scoring games are enjoyable but oftentimes a fluke. It was not a game to get Brandon Nimmo or Francisco Alvarez red hot after all.

The Mets offense is only capable of being good in theory right now. And even when they do score, there’s one more element to spoil the day.