"For most of Sunday, the Mets played the kind of game they've played too often this year, one that makes you think that this time you mean it and you're really going to find something better to do with your time. The top of the sixth inning felt like the season in a microcosm: With the score knotted at one, Freddy Peralta walked Clay Bellinger and Jazz Chisholm Jr., then was replaced by Sean Manaea. Manaea's season has been a nightmare: He's clearly hurt or at least much diminished from having been hurt, with "loose bodies" in his elbow the most likely culprit - the same loose bodies Manaea has twice insisted don't need surgical intervention."
"After a sac bunt moved up Bellinger and Chisholm, Manaea battled Paul Goldschmidt, only to hit him in the foot, loading the bases. Manaea's first pitch to Anthony Volpe was lined into left to put the Yankees up 3-1, with Tyrone Taylor airmailing the cutoff man and so allowing Max Schuemann, who'd run for Goldschmidt, to take third. Amed Rosario hit a sac fly to make it 4-1; Trent Grisham then popped a ball up beyond shortstop, one Taylor should have taken charge of but left to Bo Bichette, who had it clank off his glove for yet another run."
"There were the 2026 Mets in miniature: pitching failures, bad luck, mental errors and physical ones. The Mets fought back in the bottom of the sixth, drawing within 5-3, but Manaea walked in a run in the top of the seventh, the Yanks were up three, and there was very little joy in Metville. And so it was still in the bottom of the ninth, with the Mets facing David Bednar - the same Mets who now rather famously hadn't come back from trailing after eight since Pete Alonso took Devin Williams deep to break Bob Uecker 's heart."
“Funny” captures baseball’s wide range of meanings, including odd, maddening, ironic, and unpredictable. The Mets played a familiar frustrating style, especially in the sixth inning, when Freddy Peralta walked batters, was replaced by Sean Manaea, and the Yankees took advantage of multiple mishaps. Manaea’s diminished condition and elbow issues contributed to trouble, including hitting Paul Goldschmidt in the foot and loading the bases. A line drive by Anthony Volpe put the Yankees ahead, followed by a sac fly from Amed Rosario and a misplayed pop by Trent Grisham that allowed another run. The Mets briefly fought back, but walks and late runs kept the Yankees in control, leaving little joy for the Mets late in the game.
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