Francisco Lindor was removed from the one factor improper with the Mets offense Friday night time.
However within the aftermath of a loss to the Reds, after Lindor popped out to the second baseman in shallow proper discipline — to cap an 0-for-5 night time — because the potential tying run to extinguish a comeback try, he took loads of the blame.
“I mean, I gotta swing at good pitches, No. 1,” Lindor mentioned after the Mets’ 8-4 defeat. “I gotta start impacting the ball a little bit better. … Just not to the standards that the hitting coaches have here for all of us and not up to the standard that I have for myself, as well. Give credit to [Reds starter Nick] Lodolo, but I gotta be better, for sure.”
Regardless of coming into the night time with hits in 9 of 12 July video games, Lindor mentioned his at-bats for the final month or month-and-a-half have been “up and down.”
He has hit .225 with a .706 OPS since June 1 after coming into the month with .283 and .839 marks, respectively, that helped flip his season round after a brutal begin — permitting him to safe his first All-Star Sport look as a Met.
In opposition to Lodolo, although, Lindor fouled out, grounded out to the pitcher and popped out to the primary baseman.
Then, he grounded out within the eighth earlier than his 207-foot fly out to shallow proper discipline for the ultimate out after the Mets collected two runs and loaded the bases.
“Just gotta get it going,” Lindor mentioned of his current at-bats.
Lindor took accountability, however the Mets managed simply two hits between the third and eighth innings towards Lodolo, who struck out seven throughout seven innings, and Graham Ashcraft.
Juan Soto homered for the twenty fourth time this season, however the high 4 hitters within the Mets lineup went simply 1-for-16, with Mark Vientos and Pete Alonso every going 0-for-4.
A urgent problem to resolve after the Midsummer Traditional revolved round an overreliance on Soto, who continued his scorching tear in June and July by choosing proper up the place he left off with the 412-foot blast within the first.
And for one night time, that obtrusive drawback surfaced once more.
“I thought today we mishit a few balls,” supervisor Carlos Mendoza mentioned. “Got under a lot of pitches there. Hit a few pop-ups there. Then we chase. I just feel like those middle innings [recently], we’re having a hard time putting a rally together. … We’re not passing the baton, if you want to call it that way.”
