Latest Bullpen Implosion Leads to Disheartening Loss vs. Pirates

Christian Scott (0-2, 4.15 ERA) exited Monday’s contest in a tie game with two outs and nobody on in the sixth inning. That turned out to be the inflection point of the game, as what followed was a disaster of an inning in which five straight batters reached to score five runs to put the Pirates (43-47) well over the Mets (44-45) late in the game. The Mets couldn’t recover as they lost 8-2 to split the series.

Scott’s opposite number in this game was Mitch Keller (10-5, 3.43 ERA), who has always given the Mets fits...