Mets waste numerous chances in brutal 10-inning loss to Angels

ANAHEIM, Calif.— For a second straight night the Mets rallied from an early deficit, but this time there wasn’t a postgame celebration.Opportunities were wasted Saturday, including a replay challenge that the Mets didn’t issue, which would have subtracted the Angels’ first run.

Along with them went the Mets’ chances of winning a second straight game — something they have accomplished only once since April 7.Former Yankee Oswald Peraza’s RBI single against Austin Warren in the 10th inning sent the Mets to a 4-3 loss at Angel Stadium.The loss was the Mets’ 18th in their last 22 games.Only adding to the team’s frustration, Ronny Mauricio fractured his left thumb diving into first base and will be placed on the injured list.

It leaves the Mets in need of a shortstop — Mauricio became the starter last week after Francisco Lindor was placed on the IL with a left calf strain.Warren was ahead 0-2 in the count with two outs before Peraza ended it with a line drive single to left.Warren had walked Jorge Soler and allowed a single to Jo Adell in the inning, moving the automatic runner to third base.Adell’s single in the first gave the Angels a 1-0 lead, but the run should not have counted: replays showed Jorge Soler was tagged out attempting to race first-to-third before Nolan Schanuel touched home plate.

The Mets did not challenge the play.“We called obviously and he missed it,” manager Carlos Mendoza said, referring to replay coordinator Harrison Friedland.“Harrison is one of the best at his job and it ends up being a big play when you lose by one run, but I also think we had [other] chances there.”Nobody had a rougher night at the plate than Bo Bichette, who grounded into a double play in the 10th inning after Brett Baty reached on a catcher’s interference.

In the seventh, after the Mets had tied the game, Bichette batted with the bases loaded and hit into a fielder’s choice out at the plate.The Mets never took the lead.“We had a cha...