Arenado homers twice, Cardinals beat Mets to take series
The Mets are 3-11 since sweeping the Philadelphia Phillies in a three-game series from May 30 through June 1.
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The Mets are 3-11 since sweeping the Philadelphia Phillies in a three-game series from May 30 through June 1.
The fourth-place Mets (33-37) have dropped 10 of 13.
The Mets won back-to-back games for the first time since June 1.
The Mets made two errors and committed only the second shift violation in the major leagues this season.
The Bombers erased an early four-run deficit, knocked out Max Scherzer and held on for a 7-6 win.
Max Scherzer and Luis Severino are set to face off in the first of four games between the Mets & Yankees this season.
New York (31-35) has lost eight of nine.
Canha bounced back after striking out and grounding out in his first two at-bats.
New York's seven-game slide is its longest since it dropped seven straight in June 2019.
The Mets will have to dig out of their early-season hole without star first baseman Pete Alonso, who leads MLB with 22 home runs.
New York has dropped six in a row for the first time since August 2019.
The third-place Mets wasted a three-run lead for the second straight night.
Elder overcame his worst inning of the season and the Braves beat New York 6-4 on Tuesday night.
The Mets totaled just five runs in the series and fell back to .500 for the 11th time.
The Mets have scored 11 runs in the first five games of a homestand that ends Sunday.
