The SNY broadcast booth was appalled at the Mets’ disastrous fifth inning of their 6-2 loss to the Marlins on Friday night.
Staked to a 2-0 lead, the Mets allowed six to score in the frame to blow the game and potentially their wild-card fate.
“And the Mets’ lack of attention to detail, which has popped up repeatedly during this slow-motion, backwards march over the last three-and-a-half months, comes up to bite them again,” play-by-play announcer Gary Cohen said.
“I mean, you might take your whole travel ball squad off the field if something like that happens,” analyst Ron Darling added. “Here’s a team that is fighting to get to October. What are you going to do in October with an inning like that?”
Keith Hernandez also chimed in and noted the number of mental mistakes the Mets have made down the final stretch of the season.
“And it’s not the first time, too,” Hernandez said. “They have made a lot of mental errors over the past 9-10 games.”
The booth’s comments came midway through a complete meltdown for the Mets, which saw the team put up a fifth inning full of blunders.
After squandering the 2-0 lead following a string of hits, first baseman Pete Alonso bobbled a ground ball that allowed the go-ahead run to score for the Marlins.
Two batters later, Miami catcher Agustín Ramírez stole second without a throw and then swiped third as Mets third baseman Ronny Mauricio was playing far off the bag, which ultimately led to another run after shortstop Xavier Edwards singled to center field.
The nightmare inning was capped off with a two-run blast by Connor Norby — who came in to pinch hit for Liam Hicks — which put the Marlins up 6-2.
On top of that, the Mets failed to record a hit after the third inning.
Friday’s loss means Mets are tied with the Cincinnati Reds for the final National League wild-card spot, though Cincinnati owns the tiebreaker.
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