Carlos Mendoza, Francisco Lindor react to Mets' 11th straight loss: 'Nobody's going to feel sorry for us. We've got to find a way'

It looked like the Mets were going to end their nightmare for a moment on Sunday afternoon in Chicago. But then things took another turn for the worse as Devin Williams blew the save and the Cubs walked it off in the bottom of the tenth inning, handing New York its 11th straight loss.

After the crushing defeat, manager Carlos Mendoza discussed the "tough stretch" the team is going through.

"Yeah it's tough, it's tough, especially when you're going through it," Mendoza said. "You feel like you got to the ninth inning feeling good, but I mean when you're playing in one-run games you have to be perfect and it's hard to play like that. It's a tough stretch right now."

The Mets had opportunities to tack on to their 1-0 lead, but finished the game 1-for-9 with RISP and left six on base. Mendoza noted how New York wasn't "impacting the baseball as a team" and "didn't hit many balls hard" on Sunday, something that's become regular during their losing streak.

When asked if it's getting "late" to turn things around, Mendoza said the team needs to "find a way" soon.

"11 losses, that's a lot, whether it's in April or at any point in the season," Mendoza said. "Nobody's going to feel sorry for us. We've got to find a way. Off day tomorrow and back at it Tuesday."

Francisco Lindor had one of the scoring opportunities in the sixth inning after Luis Torrens hit a leadoff double, but the shortstop struck out to end the inning. He said it isn't "a good feeling" to have this long of a losing streak and took accountability for the lack of production, adding that they all need to do a better job of executing in the clutch moments.

"This feeling sucks. It's not a good feeling," Lindor said. "You said it, we're professionals, and we got to find a way out of it. We got to do whatever it takes to end up on top after 27 outs and sometimes 30 outs. It's not a good feeling. But, no one here is hanging their heads, everybody has their heads held high and they're fighting for each other.

"Today, they played a good game, but I came up in situations to drive runners in and didn't do that. It came down to last two outs, I think when I get guys in scoring position, I don't drive them in, I don't help the team that way, it can come back. But what it comes down to is me executing, and all of us executing. Like you said, we are professionals and this is what we get paid to do so I got to be better."

Lindor reiterated that they need to execute on the field, knowing only they can fix the problems on the field.

"We got to bring it," Lindor said. "We got to continue to bring it day in and day out. No one's going to feel sorry for us. We can't feel sorry for ourselves. We've got to bring it."