Despite the new look, the results were the same.
The Mets unveiled their City Connect uniforms on Saturday, and not only do they look similar to the copycat Colorado Rockies, but they played similarly in a 7-4 loss to St. Louis at Citi Field.
Adrian Houser suffered his third loss in five starts as a Met, and the offensive line couldn’t overcome his slump, losing for the fifth time in six games and hitting .500 (13-13). ) retreated.
They faced the Cardinals, who had lost five of six games before defeating the Mets on Friday in Queens to open the series.
In the bottom of the 9th inning, trailing by three runs, the Mets loaded the bases and Francisco Lindor jumped out to end the game.
Hauser was not feeling well again. After alternating between so-so and terrible performances in his first four starts for the Met, doing well at home and struggling on the road, he got off to a terrible start this time.
On Saturday, Hauser allowed five of his first six batters to reach, and four of them scored.
The deciding factor was Paul Goldschmidt’s two-run double.
The Mets fought back against former Yankees player Sonny Gray from the fifth inning, entered the game with an ERA of 1.04, and dominated him through the first four innings.
But Tyrone Taylor, down 6-0, reached on an error by third baseman Nolan Arenado, started the inning with a walk by Brett Batty, led off by two on a wild pitch, then hit Brandon Nimmo with two outs. Pete Alonso followed with two batters to score. He went 6-4 with his 200th home run.
The offense stalled for the rest of the game, unable to overcome the hole Hauser created in the first place.
The right-handed pitcher allowed a first-inning double to Brendan Donovan, but the ball bounced off a diving Alonso’s glove and into the right field seats.
Wilson Contreras followed with a flare single to right, putting runners on the corners.
Hauser fouled out Lars Nootvar, but Arenado’s single to right gave Donovan the lead.
Goldschmidt then hit a two-run double to left-center field to make it 3-0.
Mayshin Wynn’s two-out RBI single extended the lead to 4-0, ending Hauser’s 32-pitch inning.
The Mets had a leadoff batter in each of the first two innings, but were unable to score Nimmo in the first and DJ Stewart in the second.
The Cardinals extended their lead in the third inning with Nolan Gorman’s double.
Hauser allowed one run in the third inning and one in the fifth, but was ejected with one out with a runner on the corner, and Josh Walker immediately hit Goldschmidt’s balk to give St. Louis a 6-0 lead. gave.
Due to his recent poor performance, Hauser’s ERA has risen to a whopping 8.37.
The Mets broke through against Gray with Nimmo’s two-run homer in the bottom of the fifth inning.
Lindor struck out one of his four strikeouts on the day, then Alonso homered to right-center field to make it 6-4.
Alonso’s milestone home run came in his 710th game, making him the fourth-fastest first baseman to do so in history.
The Cardinals scored another run in the eighth inning on Donovan’s sacrifice fly.
In the bottom of the 9th inning, with one out, Taylor and Mark Vientos hit singles, but Thomas Nido popped out and after Nimmo chose to walk, Lindor narrowly missed.
