Sherlock can’t figure it out
It was a bad game for all wearing a Mets uniform on Thursday.
Included was third-base coach Glenn Sherlock, who watched Jay Bruce get thrown out at the plate on a play that wasn’t even close before sweating out a challenge in the ninth inning involving Curtis Granderson.
With two outs in the ninth and the Mets behind 7-4, Sherlock waved home Granderson on Jose Reyes’ single. The gamble was Granderson could have easily been nailed to end the game.
But plate umpire Jeff Nelson’s safe ruling was upheld on replay, allowing the game to continue for another atbat.
In the second inning, Bruce was out by plenty at the plate on Ender Inciarte’s throw from center field on Neil Walker’s single.
Jeurys Familia struggled through a third outing in four appearances since returning from a 15-game suspension for violating MLB’s domestic violence policy by allowing a run on two walks and a single in the ninth. The righthander has walked six batters in 32/3 innings this season. Rafael Montero and Sean Gil- martin are the primary candidates to start Sunday for the Mets if Noah Syndergaard isn’t ready. Montero, who is scheduled to pitch Saturday for Triple-A Las Vegas, would simply be moved back a day.
R.A. Dickey, in his first start back at Citi Field since the December 2012 trade that sent him to the Blue Jays for Syndergaard and Travis d’Arnaud among others, lasted five innings and allowed two earned runs on three hits with two walks and three strikeouts. The veteran knuckleballer departed with a left quadriceps spasm.
The Mets’ six-game losing streak is their longest since June 17-24 2015 when they lost seven in a row. .