Mets’ win streak ends at seven as bullpen falters in loss to Rangers
NY Post
ARLINGTON, Texas — The Mets’ recent success has been built not just on a surging lineup, but also a bullpen that has become respectable after a disastrous May.
But Wednesday night, in their attempt to complete a three-game sweep of the sagging defending World Series champions, neither the runs nor the late-inning lockdown needed were found.
Drew Smith surrendered a go-ahead homer to Leody Taveras in the seventh inning and the Mets never recovered in a 5-3 loss to the Rangers at Globe Life Field.
The Mets had a season’s best seven-game winning streak snapped.
The Mets’ bullpen had pitched to a 1.40 ERA over the previous 11 games, but Smith — who has been largely dependable since returning from the injured list on June 2 — couldn’t get the last out in the seventh inning.
Taveras, on the seventh pitch of his at-bat, hit a 94 mph four-seam fastball over the right-field fence for a two-run homer that gave the Mets their margin of defeat.
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