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Everything goes wrong for Mets in loss to Phillies

PHILADELPHIA — The Mets hit a grand slam of sorts Sunday with poor offense, pitching, defense and base running. Other than that, it was a strong performance for manager Luis Rojas’ beleaguered bunch. Six weeks remain in the regular season, but the Mets already appear battered, tired and perhaps uninterested. Their latest stinker, a 6-2 …

PHILADELPHIA — The Mets hit a grand slam of sorts Sunday with poor offense, pitching, defense and base running.

Other than that, it was a strong performance for manager Luis Rojas’ beleaguered bunch.

Six weeks remain in the regular season, but the Mets already appear battered, tired and perhaps uninterested. Their latest stinker, a 6-2 loss at Citizens Bank Park that completed a three-game sweep for the Phillies, rated among their least inspired performances of the season.

Included were Andres Gimenez and Wilson Ramos running the Mets out of innings and seventh-inning errors by J.D. Davis and Dominic Smith that helped the Phillies pad their lead, after Rick Porcello became the latest Mets starting pitcher to get spanked in the middle innings. On Friday and Saturday, it was Walker Lockett and Steven Matz, respectively, who received fifth-inning beatdowns. Porcello’s turn came Sunday in the sixth, when Andrew McCutchen smashed a two-run homer that put the Phillies ahead to stay.

Zack Wheeler, in his first appearance against his former team, allowed two earned runs on six hits over seven innings with four strikeouts and one walk for the win.

This was one ugly Mets loss.AP

Porcello rolled into the sixth, but caught an unfortunate break when J.T. Realmuto’s grounder hit third base and caromed past Davis for a leadoff double. Porcello retired Didi Gregorius but then surrendered an RBI single to Alec Bohm that tied it 2-2. With Jared Hughes warming up in the bullpen, Rojas stuck with Porcello, who surrendered the two-run blast to McCutchen.

Overall, the right-hander lasted six innings and allowed four earned runs on 10 hits with six strikeouts. It was the third straight start in which Porcello did not walk a batter.

Luis Guillorme’s slicing single just inside third base brought in two runs in the fourth in giving the Mets a 2-1 lead. But an opportunity for a bigger inning was dashed as Wilson Ramos got thrown out at third base by Jay Bruce (who had fielded the ball bare-handed) to end the inning. Wheeler had drilled Ramos to load the bases after Davis and Robinson Cano had singled in the inning.

Jean Segura hit a shot to right field in the first inning on which Michael Conforto leaped near the fence, but saw the ball land behind him. Segura raced to third for a triple and scored on Rhys Hoskins’ ensuing single to give the Phillies a 1-0 lead.

Gimenez was thrown out at the plate to end the second inning, after attempting to score all the way from first on a wild throw from Bohm on Ramos’ infield single. Rhys Hoskins fired a strike to the plate to nail Gimenez.

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