The Night's Hatreds, Ranked

"I hated that the Mets lost largely because they've once again forgotten how to hit. Brett Baty drove in Marcus Semien with a double in the second inning, and if you reached back to Friday night's 10th inning uprising you might have imagined the Mets had turned some kind of corner offensively. But no, they did nothing else against Merrill Kelly, who'd been pinata'ed by pretty much all comers in 2026, or against the relievers that followed him."

"I hated the fact that the Diamondbacks collected their two runs off a very good Clay Holmes on a two-out single by Ildemaro Vargas, one assisted by Geraldo Perdomo, who was on second and very clearly, one even might say blatantly, looking into Holmes' glove and giving Vargas the pitches. Once upon a time that would have led to Perdomo wearing one between the numbers, and when Perdomo came up with two out and none on in the fifth, Francisco Alvarez went out to the mound for a conversation with Holmes and I figured we were about to see some honest-to-goodness old-fashioned baseball justice."

"(One of the only things I did love Saturday night? Lourdes Gurriel Jr. getting erased by a Holmes sweeper, challenging it in disbelief, and having to watch as ABS showed that the ball was not only a strike but in fact completely inside the strike zone. New rule: Face-plant that badly on a challenge and you get an 0-1 count for the rest of the night's plate appearances.)"

"I hated the fact that the Mets were put down in the ninth by Paul Sewald, who thoroughly demoralized us during his years as a Mets Jonah and yet has a chip on his shoulder about it. Look, I'm sure Sewald was indeed ill-served by Mets instructors back in the day, as too many of that era's young Mets pitchers were. But his beef is with some long-gone coach, not"

The Mets lost 2-1 to the Diamondbacks on Saturday night, with the defeat driven by a lack of consistent hitting. Brett Baty’s RBI double in the second inning was followed by no further meaningful offense against Merrill Kelly and the relievers after him. The Diamondbacks scored both runs off Clay Holmes, including a two-out single by Ildemaro Vargas aided by Geraldo Perdomo, who appeared to be signaling or watching Holmes’ glove while on second. A late challenge by Lourdes Gurriel Jr. on a Holmes sweeper was overturned by ABS, resulting in an 0-1 count for the rest of the night’s plate appearances. The Mets were then retired in the ninth by Paul Sewald.

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