Nolan McLean Throws Gem, Mets Drop 7th Straight Game As Dodgers' Yamamoto Dominates

Nolan McLean Throws Gem, Mets Drop 7th Straight Game As Dodgers' Yamamoto Dominates

The New York Mets have now lost seven straight games after a 2-1 defeat against the Los Angeles Dodgers in California on Tuesday night.

The Mets just can't catch a break, and it began with two losses to the Arizona Diamondbacks and then a three-game sweep at the expense of the Athletics, followed by a 4-0 loss to LA on Monday.

In total, the Mets have scored a combined one run in the past three games, and they have scored more than two runs in one game since April 7.

On Tuesday, Nolan McLean dominated as well, throwing seven innings with just one run on two hits and eight strikeouts.

Unfortunately, Yoshinobu Yamamoto matched him, going 7.2 innings with one run and seven strikeouts on four hits, although neither starter factored in the decision.

The game-winning run was brought home in the bottom of the eighth inning, as Kyle Tucker drove in Miguel Rojas with an RBI single.

Freddie Freeman's groundout tied the game in the first, and the lone Mets run came via a Francisco Lindor solo home run on the first at-bat of the game.

After the Lindor home run, the Mets had just three hits the rest of the game, with Lindor having another hit and Bo Bichette and Carson Benge as the only others.

Yamamoto retired 20 straight Mets before giving up back-to-back singles in the eighth before being removed from the game.

The Dodgers only had three hits all game long, but Brooks Raley walked Rojas, who then moved to second via a sacrifice, and Tucker had the RBI single after Shohei Ohtani was intentionally walked.

It has been a very frustrating stretch for the Mets, especially with McLean throwing a gem but not getting any run support on Tuesday.

On Monday, the Mets' offense again struggled, recording just three hits with zero extra-base knocks in the shutout loss.

And, the Mets had just four hits on Sunday in the 1-0 loss to the Athletics, wasting a six-inning, one-run outing from Freddy Peralta.

The Mets' chances of snapping the losing streak don't look very promising right now, either. Clay Holmes faces Shohei Ohtani in the series finale on Wednesday, and after that, New York travels to face the Chicago Cubs in a three-game set at Wrigley Field, although New York has a much-needed day off on Thursday.

Right now, the offense is nowhere to be found, and facing Ohtani won't make thing easier, most likely.