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New York Mets center fielder Brandon Nimmo (9) watches a home run ball from Philadelphia Phillies’ Trea Turner go over the fence during the first inning of a baseball game, Sunday, June 25, 2023, in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Laurence Kesterson)
It should come with little surprise that a New York Mets bullpen that was desperate for competent depth and neglected during the spring by upper management helped exacerbate the club’s nightmarish 2023 season on Sunday afternoon in Philadelphia.
Relievers Josh Walker and Jeff Brigham blew a 6-3 lead in the bottom of the eighth inning with three walks and two hit-by-pitches to gift the Phillies a 7-6 victory in the rubber game of another series loss.
“I was just going out there to compete my butt off and just try to put my best stuff out there and hoping I could get it done and today I couldn’t,” Brigham said. “At the end of the day, you have to go after them and attack them and not end up walking them or hitting guys in like I did.”
Top bullpen arms David Robertson and Adam Ottavino were deemed unavailable on the day even though Robertson was seen warming up in the bullpen in the ninth inning as Craig Kimbrel shut down the Mets’ last gasp.
“We didn’t have anybody else to pitch,” Showalter said after the game (h/t SNY). “[Brigham] was our last bullet… We didn’t have anybody [available]… What else could we do? We were just hoping to stretch every out we can with everybody we got… We just didn’t do it today.”
The Mets (35-42) have lost each of their last six three-plus-game series. The last time they did so was a sweep of the Phillies at Citi Field from May 30-June 1.
With the three-run advantage built on the back of a three-RBI by Pete Alonso — including a solo shot for his 24th of the year in the top of the seventh to make it 6-3 — Walker walked Bryce Harper, allowed a…
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