The New York Mets continued their downward spiral with a 7-4 loss to the Milwaukee Brewers at American Family Field on Saturday night, their sixth consecutive defeat, and dropping their record to 63-54. The loss extended their troubling run, as they have now lost 10 of 11 games and fallen 4 1/2 games behind the Philadelphia Phillies in the National League East. Even after holding a 2 1/2-game lead over the Cincinnati Reds for the third NL wild-card spot, Mets manager Carlos Mendoza delivered a blunt assessment of his team’s performance after the game.

“Just continue to make mistakes,” Mendoza said. “We’re not playing good baseball. Especially when you are playing against teams like this, you give them extra outs, extra bases, they are going to make you pay, and that happened today

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