Mets still searching for answers to solve woes with runners in scoring position: St happens

Join Post Sports+ for exciting subscriber-only features, including real-time texting with Mike Puma about the inside buzz on the Mets.DENVER — Juan Soto might have summed up the situation best Friday when he was asked about the Mets’ underwhelming production with runners in scoring position this season.“S–t happens,” Soto told The Post.The latest letdown occurred Thursday when the Mets went 2-for-10 with runners in scoring position — and left 13 runners on base — in a 6-5 loss to the Dodgers.The Mets entered play Friday ranked 27th in MLB, owning a .218 batting average with runners in scoring position.

That number is among the reasons the Mets began the day 10th in MLB in scoring at 4.44 runs per game despite ranking sixth with a .741 OPS.The team’s anemic production with runners in scoring position has been an ongoing theme throughout the season.“It’s frustrating,” hitting coach Jeremy Barnes said before the Mets faced the Rockies at Coors Field.“When you look at it, the approach doesn’t change.

A lot of the underlying things don’t change.On one hand, I know it’s a very volatile stat and you can have massive swings from one year to the next, but it’s something we would like to get better at.“We’re definitely talking about it.

I don’t think there is a black and white, ‘If we do this, it’s going to work.’ We understand how we’re getting pitched.We understand the situation.

We have just got to come through.It’s something we are going to continue to monitor and work on and try to drive through.”Not every member of the lineup has struggled in such situations.

Pete Alonso has carried the offensive load over the first two-plus months of the season, and his production with runners in scoring position reflects that fact.Alonso entered play 23-for-65 (.354) with runners in scoring position.He also had seven of the team’s 16 homers in such situations.“Pete’s great at it,” Barnes said.

“In a way, there’s a...