7 consecutive losses in New York M, 1 game behind Wild Card SFCIN

Sep 13, 2025

7 consecutive losses in New York M, 1 game behind Wild Card SFCIN
Texas Rangers Jacob deGrom starts the game against the New York Mets at Citi Field on the 13th (Korea time) and sprays the ball vigorously. AP Yonhap News



The New York Mets have fallen into a swamp of seven consecutive losses. The third place in the wild card is at stake.

The Mets knelt 3-8 at home against the Texas Rangers at Citi Field on the 13th (Korea time).

The Mets, who have lost seven games since the Cincinnati Reds on the 7th, have marked 76 wins and 72 losses. The Mets, who are second in the NL East, will be trailing the San Francisco Giants and Cincinnati, who are tied for fourth in the wild card competition, by one game.




San Francisco and Cincinnati will play away games against the Los Angeles Dodgers and Athletics on the same day. If both teams win, they pressure the Mets by half a game. The Mets, San Francisco and Cincinnati teams will have a hot race at the end of the season for the last one of the three NL wild cards.

The Mets were defeated by Texas starter Jacob deGrom on the day. DeGrom is a former New York franchise star player who made his major league debut with the Mets in 2014.

The best ace in existence who won the Cy Young Award for two consecutive years from 2018 to 2019 and posted a career ERA of 2.55. However, after struggling with frequent injuries since 2021, he announced as an FA with one season left on his five-year, $137.5 million contract with the Mets after the 2022 season and changed his uniform by signing a $185 million contract with Texas. At the time, deGrom announced the FA from the beginning of the season, expressing regret when Mets owner Steve Cohen took a passive position on the extension contract.




7 consecutive losses in New York M, 1 game behind Wild Card SFCIN
Jacob deGrom revived as Texas Rangers ace. AFP Yonhap News
DeGrom, who had only played nine games due to a right elbow injury in two seasons since joining Texas, is playing the role of ace this season by successfully reviving with a healthy body.

DeGrom won the game with four hits, two strikeouts and three runs in seven innings. He is 12-7 with a 2.82 ERA in the season.

In other words, he properly sprinkled red pepper powder against his parents, who had a busy way to go and one win.




His fastball speed of 49 throws was up to 99.6 miles and an average of 98.0 miles, which was 0.5 miles faster than usual. He pitched seven innings efficiently with 88 pitches by pitching to catch rather than striking out. This season's 6th quality start+.

7 consecutive losses in New York M, 1 game behind Wild Card SFCIN
New York Mets starting Jonah Tong. AP Yonhap News
Texas knocks Mets starter Jonah Tong, who suffered severe ball control difficulties, with four hits and three walks in the top of the first inning, 6 runs??Oh, I got the head start. With two outs and runners on the first and third bases, Josh Jeong's right-handed hit and Alejandro Osuna's left-handed hit gave him a 2-0 lead, followed by two runs with Cody Freeman's right-handed hit and Michael Hellman's left double to run 6-0.

The Mets recovered three runs in the bottom of the third inning with Francisco Alvarez's solo home run and back-to-back sacrifice flies by Juan Soto and Pete Alonso at first and third bases with no outs, but they failed to score additional points and gave up the game.

Texas sealed the game in the top of the seventh inning with Dylan Moore's two-run homer in left-center with no outs.

Texas, which won five consecutive games, maintained its mark of 78 wins and 70 wins, third place in the AL West, and fifth place in the wild card.





This article was translated by Naver AI translator.