The 5 worst moments of the 2023 Mets season

2) The Mets blow a 5-1 lead to the Yankees

Every loss hurts, but losses to the Yankees hurt just a little bit more. The Subway Series always has extra juice compared to other regular season games, and the chance to get bragging rights against the their crosstown rivals is something Mets fans look forward to every year.

If you're like me, you have many friends and family members that prefer Yankee pinstripes to blue and orange. Like me, you also probably turned your phone off after the Mets yakked away a 5-1 lead on June 13th to shield yourself from those alleged loved ones.

Max Scherzer got rocked in the fourth inning by a Yankee lineup that was missing Aaron Judge, but the Mets tied it an inning later. The Yankees retook the lead for good in the sixth inning, as Brandon Nimmo inexplicably dropped a shallow fly ball to center.

The Mets tantalized us by loading the bases with one out in the eighth, but Francisco Lindor and Starling Marte both struck out against Yankees reliever Clay Holmes. Adding insult to injury, Mets reliever Drew Smith was tossed from the game before he even threw a pitch, as umpires found sticky stuff on his hands.

Oh, and this loss was the Mets' ninth in ten games.