Mets' losing streak hits 10 with New York off to its worst start in 43 years

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Steven Cohen is finding out the hard way there is more to building a good baseball team than spending money. Cohen's New York Mets lost their 10th straight game Saturday afternoon at Wrigley Field (CHC 4, NYM 2) to fall to 7-14. They have baseball's worst record and the 7-14 start is their worst since a 6-15 start in 1983. The Mets went 68-94 that year.

The Mets and Chicago Cubs were tied 1-1 going into the sixth inning Saturday. Mets ace Freddy Peralta got two quick outs to begin the sixth, then walked both Ian Happ and Seiya Suzuki after getting into two-strike counts. Lefty Brooks Raley entered to face Moises Ballesteros, who was lifted for Carson Kelly to get the right vs. left platoon advantage.

And because things are going terribly for the Mets, Kelly hit a go-ahead three-run home run on Raley's first pitch. To the action footage:

The Mets had a chance to get back into the game in the eighth inning thanks to a pair of infield singles and some sloppy Cubs defense. Mark Vientos grounded out to third base to strand two runners though, and the Mets went down 1-2-3 in the ninth inning against lefty Caleb Thielbar.

As is often the case during long losing streaks, the Mets have lost games every which way lately. They've lost because their offense has been quiet. They've lost because their starting pitcher was ineffective. They've lost because their bullpen gave it up. If it can go wrong, it is going wrong for the Mets right now. It's gotten very ugly.