Mets Hit Skid, Lose 11th Straight, Dead Last

0:00It's April 19. You're listening to New York Mets News today, AI-powered coverage of your squad. The New York Mets just hit their 11th straight loss, the longest skid since 2004, dropping a hardbreaker 2-1 in 10 innings. Against the Chicago Cubs at Rigglyfield, they're now 7 wins and 15 losses, dead last in baseball and already 3 games back of the Marlins and Nationals, teams with way smaller, payrolls, then their $358 million squad. A funky bounce off the wall in the 9th, let a runner score, blowing a 1-0 lead and then a wild pitch in extras handed the Cubs the winning. Run on a sack fly. The Mets scraped together just one run all day on a Homer from Bargain, Ben pick up MJ Melendez, who suddenly their top hitter. Manager Carlos Mendoza called it out straight, saying in one run games, you gotta be perfect, but the team's barely touching the ball as a unit. Under these 11 games, they're hitting 200, averaging under 2 runs per game and stone

1:01cold at 145 with runners and scoring. Position. Speculations wrapping up on Mendoza's job, even this early in April, since his deal doesn't run past next year, was shortstop Francisco Lindor jumped, into back him, insisting it's not on the skipper who's been grinding in New York for 7 seasons. The Mets head home for 9 against the twins, Rockies and Nets, softer foes on paper, but at 7 and 15, they need wins bad to dig out of. This hole before it swallows them whole.