Overview

• The Mets dropped their sixth game in seven outings after a 7-6 extra-innings loss to the Guardians at Citi Field.
• Sean Manaea turned a five-inning shutout into a five-run deficit with a disastrous sixth inning, illustrating a troubling trend of starters unraveling.
• Pete Alonso’s three-run homer in the sixth sparked a comeback that tied the game, but New York could not finish the rally in extra innings.
• A tenth-inning throwing error by Brett Baty directly allowed the go-ahead run to score, marking another costly defensive lapse.
• Despite Edwin Díaz’s scoreless ninth, the loss cut the Mets’ NL East lead to 1.5 games and put their division advantage in jeopardy.