The Pirates sent the suddenly listless Mets to a loss on Tuesday night.
In September, the also-rans are fighting back, and a division title that seemed almost a foregone conclusion during portions of the spring and summer now feels particularly perilous with fall fast approaching.
The Mets have managed just four runs during a slide that began with two losses to Washington at home over the weekend and continued on a dreary night at sparse PNC Park against last-place Pittsburgh. New York, trying to avoid its first season since 1972 without a four-game skid, is in the midst of a stretch run that features just two series over teams in contention. Things haven't gone as planned during the early stages.
New York is 46-21 against sub.-500 teams this season, the fourth-best winning percentage in the majors against clubs with losing records. That mark, however, was 46-18 just five days ago. The Mets are the first team since the 1938 Yankees to enter three straight games 35 games over .500 and lose all to teams 35 games under .500, according to ESPN Stats and Info.
Bryan Reynolds, Ke'Bryan Hayes, Kevin Newman and Jack Suwinski all had two hits for Pittsburgh, which snapped a four-game losing streak by winning for just the third time in its last 15 games.
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