I just knew the Mets wouldn’t be able to handle the pressure of needing to win one more game in Kansas City on Sunday to stay in first place of the National League East at the All-Star break. Sure enough, even though Clay Homes and a returning-from-injury Sean Manaea combined to pitch a solid game, the Mets lost 3-2 to the Royals and fell into second place with the Phillies winning their series finale in San Diego.
Royals starter Noah Cameron did a great job getting the Mets to hit balls on the ground. The Mets got seven hits off of him in six and two thirds innings, but the only one that went for extra bases was a triple by Mark Vientos in the first inning. This game might have ended up differently if the Mets had drive Vientos in, but he was stranded at third thanks to Juan Soto’s ground ball to shortstop and Brandon Nimmo’s foul pop-up.
Nick Loftin delivers his second #walkoff of the @Royals homestand! pic.twitter.com/5JIzPbqhTu
— MLB (@MLB) July 13, 2025
Kansas City scored a pair of runs on John Rave’s two-run double off of Holmes in the second inning, but the Mets didn’t break through until the ninth with Carlos Estevez on the mound. The Mets pounding Estevez is starting to become a theme after Vientos hit his bases-clearing double against him on Friday night and Francisco Lindor took him deep for a grand slam in Game 4 of last year’s NLDS. This time around, Ronny Mauricio led off with a double and Jeff McNeil smoked a triple off the right-center field wall to bring the tying run within 90 feet of the plate. Two batters later, Jared Young did something useful for once and hit a game-tying sac fly to center field.
The late rally was all just a tease, though. In the bottom of the inning, Tyler Tolbert singled off of Manaea with one out and stole second base before being driven in by Nick Loftin’s walk-off hit. At least the Mets didn’t get shut out.
It felt like the Mets were getting shut out during tonight’s MLB Draft because New York didn’t get to choose a player until the 38th pick. That guy ended up being Mitch Voit from Michigan, who is better known as the guy who tried to smoke the third base line like it was cocaine last season.
The Mets just drafted the dude from Michigan who snorted the 3rd base line 😂😂😂 Call him up immediately! pic.twitter.com/oToll7A3W9
— KFC (@KFCBarstool) July 14, 2025
It has never felt more like 1986.
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