Mets wacky 13-inning odyssey ends in heartbreaking loss to Dodgers

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It was dark.It was depressing. It felt just like October. Facing the Dodgers for the first time since falling in last year’s NLCS, the Mets made a dramatic ninth-inning comeback, then squandered multiple walk-off opportunities before suffering a deflating, 13-inning, rain-interrupted return-bout loss against the defending champs 7-5 on Friday night at Citi Field. The Mets (30-21), who have lost six of their past eight games, recorded only three hits entering the ninth, and trailed by three, when Jeff McNeil inspired hope, hitting a two-run triple.

Tyrone Taylor followed with a game-tying single off Dodgers closer Tanner Scott, but Luisangel Acuña struck out with the winning run on third, sending the game to extras. Juan Soto went 0-for-5 — and heard a smattering of boos, as his average dipped to .236 — and failed to capitalize on a walk-off opportunity in the 10th, before Pete Alonso — who failed to homer for the 15th straight game, matching the longest drought of his career — ended the inning with a deep fly to center.Acuña opened his 11th-inning at-bat with three balls and the bases loaded, but extended the game with a groundout.

Luis Torrens, with runners at the corners, hit into an inning-ending double play in the 12th. Following two scoreless innings by Reed Garrett, Mets manager Carlos Mendoza turned to Huascar Brazobán, who opened the 13th by allowing a run-scoring double to Teoscar Hernández, then a sacrifice fly to Andy Pages. Francisco Alvarez continued his struggles, making his fifth, and final out, at 12:56 a.m. The game was scoreless when play was suspended for 98 minutes in the third inning, with Dodgers on second and third, and Freddie Freeman at the plate. When play resumed — and the Knicks game was pulled from the jumbotron — starter Griffin Canning was left behind, replac...