MILWAUKEE \u2014 Even Edwin D\u00edaz isn\u2019t immune from the stench that has engulfed the Mets over the past two weeks.<\/p>\n
The All-Star closer could only drop his head and stroll from the mound after throwing his fifth pitch in Sunday\u2019s ninth inning. <\/p>\n
Isaac Collins lofted that slider over the right field fence, sending the Mets to their seventh straight loss, 7-6 to the sizzling Brewers at American Family Field.<\/p>\n
Milwaukee Brewers\u2019 Isaac Collins is doused after hitting a walk-off home run during the ninth inning of a baseball game against the New York Mets, Sunday, Aug.10, 2025. AP<\/p>\n
Milwaukee Brewers left fielder Isaac Collins (6) celebrates with teammates after hitting a walk-off home run in the ninth inning against the New York Mets at American Family Field. Benny Sieu-Imagn Images<\/p>\n
The losing streak matches their longest of the season. Overall, the Mets have lost 11 of 12 games since winning a series in San Francisco in late July.<\/p>\n
Every day has become a new low for the Mets, who trail Philadelphia by 5 \u00bd games in the NL East. Their lead on Cincinnati for the NL\u2019s third and final wild-card spot has dwindled to 1 \u00bd games.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe haven\u2019t played well for quite a bit and that is what happens,\u201d manager Carlos Mendoza said. \u201cWe can\u2019t be looking at the standings. We have got to start getting the job done.\u201d<\/p>\n
Isaac Collins #6 of the Milwaukee Brewers reacts before crossing home plate after hitting a walk-off home run in the ninth inning against the New York Mets at American Family Field on August 10, 2025. Benny Sieu-Imagn Images<\/p>\n
Brandon Nimmo isn\u2019t about to concede the division to the Phillies.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe can still go on a run, we have still got time,\u201d Nimmo said. \u201cI don\u2019t think the division is slipping away. We\u2019re still within shot and we have been known, this team specifically, to go on runs, so we can easily rattle off a winning streak, especially with the people that we have got here.\u201d<\/p>\n
The Mets blew a five-run lead, on a day Sean Manaea sputtered in the middle innings and the vaunted bullpen couldn\u2019t protect the lead. The Brewers, who own MLB\u2019s best record, tied the game against Ryan Helsley in the eighth before finishing business for their ninth straight victory.<\/p>\n
Sean Manaea #59 of the New York Mets throws a pitch in the first inning against the Milwaukee Brewers at American Family Field on August 10, 2025 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Getty Images<\/p>\n
D\u00edaz, pitching for only the third time in two weeks, got the final out in the eighth before Collins ended it leading off the ninth. D\u00edaz worked the count to 2-2 before throwing a slider that sat in the middle of the plate.<\/p>\n
\u201cI always want to throw my slider down in the zone and try to make him chase,\u201d said D\u00edaz, who hadn\u2019t allowed an earned run in his previous 19 appearances, beginning on June 6. \u201cI just missed it. [Francisco Alvarez] was calling for a fastball and I shook him off. Next time I will follow him.\u201d<\/p>\n
Manaea turned in the latest shortened start by a Mets starting pitcher. The left-hander threw 87 pitches over four innings in which he allowed four earned runs on six hits with five strikeouts and two walks. It was a second straight underwhelming performance from Manaea, who surrendered five earned runs over 5 \u00b2\/\u2083 innings against Cleveland in his previous start.<\/p>\n
Cedric Mullins of the New York Mets crosses home plate after hitting a solo home run in the fourth inning \\amb at American Family Field on August 10, 2025 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Getty Images<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s frustrating \u2014 no one wants to be here,\u201d Manaea said of the team\u2019s free fall. \u201cWe have just got to get through it.\u201d<\/p>\n
The Mets received solid offensive production, but stopped scoring after the fifth inning.<\/p>\n
Juan Soto and Jeff McNeil each delivered an RBI single in the first after Francisco Lindor got drilled leading off the game and stole second. The Mets sent seven batters to the plate in the inning against Quinn Priester.<\/p>\n
Brett Baty\u2019s homer leading off the second extended the lead to 3-0. The blast was Baty\u2019s 12th this season and first since July 21.<\/p>\n
Juan Soto #22 of the New York Mets singles in a run in the first inning against the Milwaukee Brewers at American Family Field on August 10, 2025 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Getty Images<\/p>\n
Ronny Mauricio stroked an RBI single in the third after Pete Alonso doubled with one out. Alonso remained at 252 career home runs a day after tying Darryl Strawberry atop the franchise\u2019s all-time list. He will get an opportunity to eclipse the record in front of the home crowd at Citi Field this week.<\/p>\n
Cedric Mullins\u2019 first homer for his new team extended the lead to 5-0 in the fourth. Mullins, whose Mets tenure started quietly after arriving from the Orioles, had two hits on Saturday before clearing the fence in left-center a day later.<\/p>\n
William Contreras homered leading off the fourth to slice the deficit to 5-1. But before the inning was complete, Manaea loaded the bases and surrendered a two-run single to Joey Ortiz.<\/p>\n
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Alonso\u2019s RBI double in the fifth knocked out Priester and gave the Mets a 6-3 lead. Soto\u2019s single and Nimmo\u2019s sacrifice bunt began the inning.<\/p>\n
Manaea was removed after surrendering a leadoff single to Isaac Collins in the fifth. Contreras\u2019 second homer of the game, a shot over the right field fence against Reed Garrett, pulled the Brewers within 6-5.<\/p>\n
Helsley surrendered a game-tying RBI single to Ortiz in the eighth. Ortiz\u2019s grounder off the diving Alonso\u2019s glove followed a leadoff walk to Brice Turang and Danny Jansen\u2019s one-out single.<\/p>\n
\u201cThat wasn\u2019t a good showing,\u201d Mendoza said of the weekend in Wisconsin. \u201cThey pretty much outplayed us.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"MILWAUKEE \u2014 Even Edwin D\u00edaz isn\u2019t immune from the stench that has engulfed the Mets over the past…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":135708,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5122],"tags":[5229,31972,3693,4247,1266,405,403,1305,5226,5225,5228,5227,26096,62,67,586,132,5230,68,2969],"class_list":{"0":"post-135707","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-york","8":"tag-america","9":"tag-edwin-diaz","10":"tag-juan-soto","11":"tag-milwaukee-brewers","12":"tag-mlb","13":"tag-new-york","14":"tag-new-york-city","15":"tag-new-york-mets","16":"tag-newyork","17":"tag-newyorkcity","18":"tag-ny","19":"tag-nyc","20":"tag-sean-manaea","21":"tag-sports","22":"tag-united-states","23":"tag-united-states-of-america","24":"tag-unitedstates","25":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","26":"tag-us","27":"tag-usa"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115007462156380155","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/135707","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=135707"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/135707\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/135708"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=135707"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=135707"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=135707"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}