Mets lose in extras, lose Mauricio to broken thumb

Angels 4 Mets 3 in 10 innings (Angel Stadium, Anaheim, CA)

Mets record: 11-22

Mets streak: Lost 1

WP - Ryan Zeferjahn (2-1)

LP - Austin Warren (0-1)

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Austin Warren was one strike away from performing another Houdini act out of a bases loaded nobody out jam. But Oswald Peraza dunked a single into left center field with two outs and two strikes in the 10th inning to give the Angels the victory on his first career walk off RBI.

Need to Know

• Austin Slater and Andy Ibanez got their first starts as Mets on Saturday. Slater went 2-for-3 and threw out a runner at third base while Ibanez drove in his first ever Mets run with a sac fly in the 7th.

• Nolan McLean only lasted four innings, giving up three runs on six hits and one walk while striking out six. McLean threw 78 pitches on the night (51 strikes.) It was the shortest outing of McLean's career.

• For the Mets, the 4-3 loss was their third walk off loss of the season and their fourth extra inning loss of 2026.

• The Angels broke a 7-game losing streak with the win.

• Ronny Mauricio suffered a broken thumb beating out a base hit in the 7th and will be placed on the IL.

Turning Point

Reid Detmers had the Mets on a string for six innings but came back in the 7th with three runs on a sac fly and a two-run single. The bottom of the order set it up for Bo Bichette and Juan Soto to do damage with the bases loaded and one out in a 3-3 tie.

But Sam Bauchman came in for Detmers and got Bichette on a fielders choice force out at home, and then took advantage of an overanxious Soto and struck him out ...

Three Keys

Upon Further Review ...

The first run of the game was one that probably should have been wiped from the record. Jo Adell singled to right to score the first run of the game ...

But it was assumed that the runner crossed the plate just after Jorge Soler was thrown out at third base ...

Closer look:

Carlos Mendoza was forthright in saying that the replay chief "missed it." I have my doubts as to whether the replay review hub in New York would have seen this as conclusive evidence but not even sending it to them wound up hurting them.

A Hole in Name Only

The Adell single in the first came after Nolan McLean had him down 0-2. Vaughn Grissom's two run single in the 4th also came after being in an 0-2 hole ...

Grissom's base hit drove in two runs after a wild pitch moved the two runners up to second and third. McLean's pitches were moving, but location was off and the Angels did a good job just making contact and not overswinging. The pitch to Grissom that scored two runs was down, but got too much middle, and Grissom did a good job of going down and getting it.

By the way, Grissom's slash against the Mets in 30 plate appearances before this game: .400/.517/.917.

Ghosted

Golden opportunities melting away. It's a hallmark of Mets struggles since the beginning of time (1962, in this case). Tonight was no different. The turning point above was the first example, but the Mets had another golden opportunity wasted in the 10th. With MJ Melendez on as the ghost runner, Brett Baty reached on catcher's interference to bring up Bichette, who grounded into a force play with the bases loaded in the 7th. He was no better in the 10th as he grounded into a 5-4-3 double play.

Then after an intentional walk to Juan Soto to put runners on first and third, Francisco Alvarez ABS'd a 2-1 sweeper outside the zone from Ryan Zeferjahn and got the call reversed to make the count 3-1 and turn the at-bat in Alvarez's favor. But then on 3-1 he got the same pitch ... in the same spot ... and swung at it. Predictably, he popped it up for the third out.

It's the little things. And those little things are slowly adding up to one big tire fire that is ... 2026.