As if things couldn’t get any worse for the Mets, who committed six errors in a game and fired their manager across two different days last week they seem to find new ways to embarrass themselves.
Facing his first batter of the game, Mets starter Sean Manaea gave up what should have been a routine single to George Springer, only to watch Juan Soto misplay the ball and then A.J. Ewing fumble it — allowing him to score on a Little League home run on Monday.
Springer’s bloop single bounced into left field, and Soto stretched out his glove to grab the ball, only to misjudge it and allow the ball to go past the Mets outfielder and toward the wall.
Ewing then raced in to try and make a play after it bounced off the wall, but the scoop went horribly wrong and when he went to transition the ball from his glove to his hand, the ball came flying out.
Soto sprinted toward the loose ball, but before he could get a throw off, it became apparent that Springer was nearly home as the crowd at Rogers Center erupted over what they had just witnessed.
The scorer ruled the play a triple and an error on Ewing, which prevented Springer from being awarded a home run.
If it had been ruled a leadoff home run, it would have given Springer his 66th and put him just 15 off tying Ricky Henderson’s 81.
The moment did little to make already-ailing Mets fans feel any better, many of whom took to social media to voice their frustration.
“Every day I wake up I hate myself for being a Mets fan,” one person wrote.
“Was that the Soto shuffle everyone talks about?” another person mockingly asked.
“Brought to you by Juan Soto and the New York Mess,” a third fan added.
The Mets ended up losing 2-1 to the Blue Jays and dropping their ninth game over their last 10.
