The Mets Blew a 6-Run Lead to the Nationals in the Bottom of the 9th
By Stephen Douglas | Sep 03 2019
The @Nationals with a comeback for the ages. ?
— MLB (@MLB) September 4, 2019
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The New York Mets are in Washington this week for their final series against the Nationals. The Mets won on Monday and their playoff hopes were slim, but alive. Then they took a 5-4 lead into the 9th inning on Tuesday night. And then they scored 5 runs in the top of the 9th. The Mets were feeling good.
That five-run 9th feeling. #LGM pic.twitter.com/i8zMKPNi3P
— New York Mets (@Mets) September 4, 2019
And then the bottom of the 9th happened. A 10-4 lead turned into an 11-10 loss in just 25-minutes. The Mets did the unthinkable and surrendered 7 runs in the bottom of the 9th.
Final: #Mets 10 - Washington 11
— New York Mets (@Mets) September 4, 2019
With 2 on and 1 out and a full count, Kurt Suzuki took Mets’ closer Edwin Diaz deep for a walk-off home run.
There should be no coming back from this for the Mets. This was the kind of loss that can and should destroy a team. Any dreams the Mets had of making that second Wild Card spot should be shattered.
Per @vincentkjohnson : @MLB Teams leading by 6 or more runs entering the bottom of the 9th this season were 274-0 before the @Mets implosion vs the Nationals. #Mets
— Linda Cohn (@lindacohn) September 4, 2019
The Mets entered the bottom of the ninth inning tonight with a 99.7 percent chance to win, according to Fangraphs calculations. They lost. pic.twitter.com/dGm4XUrM3w
— Anthony DiComo (@AnthonyDiComo) September 4, 2019
Thank you, MASN, for this quad cam. So many emotions! pic.twitter.com/nswjcTLlHA
— Zachary Silver (@zachsilver) September 4, 2019