ANAHEIM, Calif. — For a second straight night the Mets rallied from an early deficit, but this time there wasn’t a postgame celebration.
Opportunities got wasted on Saturday. Along with them went the Mets’ chances of winning a second straight game — something they have accomplished only once since April 7.
Oswald Peraza’s RBI single against Austin Warren in the 10th inning sent the Mets to a 4-3 loss to the Angels. The loss was the Mets’ 18th in their last 22 games.
Warren was ahead 0-2 in the count with two outs before Peraza ended it with a line drive single to left. Warren had walked Jorge Soler and allowed a single to Jo Adell in the inning.
Bo Bichette’s double-play grounder helped crush the Mets in the 10th after Brett Baty reached on a catcher’s interference leading off. Francisco Alvarez popped out to end the inning after Juan Soto was intentionally walked.
The Angels got the winning run to second base in the ninth with one out, but couldn’t score against Craig Kimbrel. Yoan Moncada, who had doubled, was left stranded after Kimbrel struck out Zach Neto and got Nolan Schanuel to hit into a fielder’s choice after Mike Trout was intentionally walked.
In his shortest career start, Nolan McLean lasted just four innings and allowed three earned runs on six hits with six strikeouts and one walk. McLean in his previous start worked five innings against the Rockies.
Jo Adell’s single in the first gave the Angels a 1-0 lead, but the run should not have counted: replays showed Jorge Soler was tagged out attempting to race first-to-third before Schanuel touched home plate. The Mets did not challenge the play.
Bichette’s RBI single in the third tied it 1-1. Austin Slater, in his first start for the Mets, doubled before Bichette delivered against Reid Detmers for his 15th RBI this season.
McLean’s deficit returned in the fourth on Vaughn Grissom’s two-run single that gave the Angels a 3-1 lead. Soler walked and Adell singled before McLean’s wild pitch moved the runners to second and third. After Grissom delivered, Peraza singled, but McLean avoided further damage by striking out Travis d’Arnaud for the final out.
Tobias Myers avoided trouble in the fifth by retiring three straight batters following Zach Neto’s walk and Trout’s infield single.
Neto got to third base, but didn’t test Slater’s arm on Soler’s fly to shallow right field. Myers then got Adell to pop out, concluding the inning.
Soto singled in the sixth, but Alvarez’s double-play grounder ended the inning.
Myers surrendered a two-out double to Peraza in the sixth — Tyrone Taylor couldn’t hold the ball on a diving catch attempt — but d’Arnaud was retired to end the threat.
The Mets scored twice in the seventh to tie it 3-3, but left the bases loaded when neither Bichette nor Soto could deliver. Bichette grounded into a fielder’s choice out at home plate before Soto struck out against Sam Bachman.
Andy Ibáñez brought in the inning’s first run with a sacrifice fly before Taylor’s RBI single tied it. Slater then singled and Ronny Mauricio’s squib to first base became an infield single following a replay challenge won by the Mets.
Unfortunately for the Mets, Mauricio suffered a fractured left thumb while diving into first on that play, and he will be headed to the IL.
Bichette and Soto were then retired to leave the bases loaded. Mark Vientos’ double started the rally and Marcus Semien singled and stole second.
Myers worked into the seventh and departed with the go ahead run on first base first base and two outs. Huascar Brazobán ended the inning by retiring Soler.
Myers allowed three hits and one walk over 2 ²/₃ scoreless innings. The right-hander has pitched to a 2.05 ERA this season.
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