{"id":2493083,"date":"2026-07-08T09:01:49","date_gmt":"2026-07-08T09:01:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2493083"},"modified":"2026-07-08T09:01:49","modified_gmt":"2026-07-08T09:01:49","slug":"mets-pitchers-implosion-wastes-early-lead-in-ugly-loss-to-last-place-royals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/mets-pitchers-implosion-wastes-early-lead-in-ugly-loss-to-last-place-royals\/","title":{"rendered":"Mets pitchers&#8217; implosion wastes early lead in ugly loss to last-place Royals"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Raise the white flag.<\/p>\n<p>As if a matchup of two last-place teams on a crummy night in Queens wasn\u2019t enough, the Mets had perhaps their sloppiest, ugliest loss of the season against the miserable Royals, 16-12, in a wild game to open a homestand at Citi Field on Tuesday night.<\/p>\n<p>After opening a five-run lead in the fourth, the Mets gave up a dozen straight runs before getting back on the scoreboard.<\/p>\n<p>It came on a night that saw the Royals hand the Mets a three-run Little League homer in the bottom of the first, thanks to three throwing errors on one play.<\/p>\n<p>It came on a night that saw the Royals <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/07\/07\/sports\/mets-score-three-run-little-league-homer-as-royals-make-comedy-of-errors\/\">hand the Mets a three-run Little League homer in the bottom of the first<\/a>, thanks to three throwing errors on one play.<\/p>\n<p>That proved to be just an appetizer for a bizarre night, and it still couldn\u2019t propel the Mets to a victory, as their ragtag pitching staff was no match for the Royals.<\/p>\n<p>The Mets, short in the bullpen after taxing their pitching staff in back-to-back wins in Atlanta the previous two games, were forced to pitch Kodai Senga on three days\u2019 rest for the first time in his career and then saw Austin Warren fail to retire a batter in the fifth.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module aligncenter wp-block-nypost-editor-primary-tag\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>That led to Long Island\u2019s Matt Seelinger making his MLB debut in a tie game after a decade in the minors.<\/p>\n<p>Interim manager Andy Green acknowledged the rough condition of the staff and said the team was \u201cforced to make some of those triage decisions along the way.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A truer statement probably couldn\u2019t be made about this Mets season \u2014 until Green followed by saying the game \u201cturned into kind of a perfect storm.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Reliever Matt Seelinger reacts after giving up a two-run home run to Nick Loftin (12) during the seventh inning of the Mets\u2019 16-12 loss to the Royals on July 7, 2026 at Citi Field. <span class=\"credit\">Robert Sabo for NY Post<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The aftermath included the Mets falling to 200-2 in franchise history when scoring 12 or more runs, as they wasted a breakout offensive night from A.J. Ewing and a three-run homer by Juan Soto, his 20th of the season.<\/p>\n<p>It began to fall apart when Senga allowed two runs in the second and a pair more in the fourth.<\/p>\n<p>After Soto gave them a five-run lead in the bottom of the inning, Austin Warren entered to start the fifth and allowed all six batters he faced to reach base \u2014 and five of them to score, as Kansas City tied the game 9-9.<\/p>\n<div class=\"product-spotlight product-spotlight-block wp-block-nypost-editor-product-spotlight\">\n<p>\n\t\t\tMEts merch shop\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\tcelebrity.land receives revenue from affiliate and advertising partnerships for sharing this content and when you make a purchase.\t\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Warren called his outing \u201cterrible\u201d and noted his poor location.<\/p>\n<p>Instead of the right-hander eating innings, he forced Huascar Brazob\u00e1n into the game earlier than planned, which left Seelinger to make his MLB debut in a tie game, and the right-hander allowed seven runs.<\/p>\n<p>The Westbury native immediately ran into trouble, as he walked Lane Thomas on four pitches and then gave up an RBI double to Salvador Perez.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Austin Warren reacts dejectedly during the fifth inning of the Mets\u2019 loss to the Royals. <span class=\"credit\">Robert Sabo for NY Post<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Nick Loftin tagged Seelinger for a two-run shot later in the inning.<\/p>\n<p>He survived and pitched a scoreless eighth, but it didn\u2019t matter.<\/p>\n<p>Coming off back-to-back close wins in Atlanta, the Mets returned to Queens, where they\u2019d lost six of seven in their last homestand.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-embed-handler wp-block-embed-embed-handler wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<p>\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"jeg_video_container jeg_video_content\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Steve Cohen Worried About Mets\u2019 Future? | Straight Outta Flushing\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/mLjpn2pL3jg?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Looking to win a third straight game for the first time since their four-game winning streak at the end of May, the Mets instead suffered another brutal defeat.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe season presents these challenges,\u2019\u2019 Green said before the game of the team\u2019s depleted bullpen.<\/p>\n<p>He couldn\u2019t have foreseen this one coming, though.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Mets left fielder Juan Soto hits a three-run home run during the fourth inning. <span class=\"credit\">Robert Sabo for NY Post<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>And it doesn\u2019t figure to get much better anytime soon for a Mets team that is already staggering to the All-Star break with seemingly no answers on the horizon.  <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source celebrity.land \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Raise the white flag. As if a matchup of two last-place teams on a crummy night in Queens wasn\u2019t enough, the Mets had perhaps their sloppiest, ugliest loss of the season against the miserable Royals, 16-12, in a wild game to open a homestand at Citi Field on Tuesday night. 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