Mets' Six-Game Winning Streak Ends as Team Falls Flat in 5-0 Whitewashing.

Marlins 5 Mets 0 (Citi Field, New York, NY)

Mets Record: 8-4

Mets Streak: L1

Mets Last 10: 7-3

WP: Max Meyer (1-1)

LP: Tylor Megill (2-1)

Seat On The Korner: Max Meyer

We select the star of the game and virtually invite him to a Seat on the Korner, just as Ralph Kiner used to do for his studio postgame show on WOR-Channel 9 broadcasts in the early decades of the Mets.

Max Meyer, who brought his three major league wins and 5.68 ERA into 2025, now has given the Marlins two quality starts in this young season. Meyer held the Mets hitless for the first 5 1/3 innings before Francisco Lindor broke up the no-hitter with a base hit in the sixth. Meyer then induced Juan Soto to bounce into a 6-5-3 double play. Meyer allowed one more hit, a leadoff single off the bat of Pete Alonso, and after Brandon Nimmo flied out sharply to left, his stellar afternoon ended. Honorable mention goes to Matt Mervis, who drove in three runs with a base hit and a ninth-inning two run homer.

Need To Know:

In what was overall a down day, the Mets' hottest two hitters, Francisco Lindor and Pete Alonso, accounted for the only two Mets hits.
The bottom half of the lineup continues to struggle, with Luisangel Acuna, Brett Baty, Tyrone Taylor and Mark Vientos all batting under .200, not to mention Jose Siri at .058.
It was a mixed bag by Tylor Megill, who struck out seven but worked around trouble all afternoon. Megill started the game by walking Xavier Edwards and Kyle Stowers before fanning Jonah Bride and Matt Mervis. He allowed an infield hit to Dayne Myers to load the bases before striking out Griffin Conine to end the threat. Megill was not so lucky in the fifth: Stowers singled to start the inning, and Bride hit what might have been a double play ball to second baseman Brett Baty. Rushing to make the play, Baty threw wildly to second bas, putting runners on first and second. Mervis singled to center, plating Stowers and ending Megill's day.
After a travel day Thursday, the Mets take on the Athletics in Sacramento (that's right, Sacramento) for a three-game series before heading to Minnesota for three against the Twins. They return to Citi Field on April 17th, for a big four game weekend series with the St. Louis Cardinals.
Today marks the 40th anniversary of Gary Carter's game winning extra inning home run off former Mets relief ace Neil Allen.

Turning Point

With the game scoreless in the top of the fifth inning, the key throwing error by Brett Baty opened the door for the Marlins to score two runs. Kyle Stowers led off the top of the fifth inning with a base hit to left field. Jonah Bride followed with a grounder to second baseman Baty, who threw the ball away. A base hit by Matt Mervis scored Stowers and ended Megill's afternoon. Max Kranick followed Megill to the mound and nearly escaped with no further damage, but Nick Fortes dunked one in front of Brandon Nimmo allowing the second run to score. It was the first inherited runner that Kranick allowed to score this year.

Three Keys:

Mixed Bag from the Bullpen.

Ryan Stanek and Huascar Brazoban each pitched scoreless innings, sandwiched between Max Kranick allowing his first inherited runner to score this season and Edwin Diaz' meltdown in the ninth. Diaz, called upon to keep the game close, allowed three runs -- highlighted by Matt Mervis' two-run homer but including another hit and two walks-- before yielding to Daniel Young.

Is the Brett Baty Experiment Over?

Brett Baty struck out two more times and saw his average drop down to a microscopic .111. Additionally, he made a key error leading the Marlins to score unearned runs. With Jeff McNeil getting closer to his return from the IL, Baty's opportunity with the Mets may have run its course.

Uneven Offense

While the Mets have had two breakout offensive games scoring 10 runs, overall the offense still seems to be struggling, especially with runners in scoring position. Mets fans are counting down the days until the return of Francisco Alvarez and Jeff McNeil to add life to the bottom of the lineup.