Overview
- The Mets lost 4-2 to the Cubs on Saturday at Wrigley Field, undone by Carson Kelly’s first-pitch, three-run pinch-hit homer off lefty Brooks Raley in the sixth inning.
- New York fell to 7-14, its worst start since 1983, in a slide that has reached the club’s longest streak since an 11-game run in 2004.
- The offense has produced just 18 runs during the 10-game skid and has been outscored 60-18, with two or fewer runs in eight of those losses.
- Before the game, the Mets placed infielder Jorge Polanco on the 10-day injured list with a right wrist contusion and recalled catcher Hayden Senger from Triple-A.
- Team head David Stearns publicly backed manager Carlos Mendoza on Friday, and Mendoza said after the loss that fans “have all the right to be pissed,” as the club awaits Juan Soto’s return from a calf strain targeted for the next homestand.