LOS ANGELES (AP) — The New York Mets’ bats have all but gone silent during a seven-game losing streak. With their best hitter Juan Soto sidelined, the rest of the lineup is pressing to generate offense.
The latest setback was a 2-1 loss to the Los Angeles Dodgers on Tuesday night. They’ve been outscored 36-10 during their skid and are mired in the NL East cellar at 7-11.
Soto is nursing a calf injury and isn’t expected back for another two to three weeks.
Francisco Lindor raised his batting average 18 points to .194 with a leadoff home run — his first RBI of the season — against World Series MVP Yoshinobu Yamamoto. It snapped the team’s streak of 20 scoreless innings and helped the Mets avoid three consecutive shutouts for the first time since 1992.
But Yamamoto promptly set down the next 20 batters in a row.