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MILWAUKEE — Even Edwin Díaz isn’t immune from the stench that has engulfed the Mets over the past two weeks.
The All-Star closer could only drop his head and stroll from the mound after throwing his fifth pitch in Sunday’s ninth inning. Isaac Collins lofted that slider over the right field fence, sending the Mets to their seventh straight loss and 11th in 12 games, 7-6 to the sizzling Brewers at American Family Field.
The Mets blew a five-run lead, on a day Sean Manaea sputtered in the middle innings and the vaunted bullpen couldn’t protect the lead. The Brewers tied the game against Ryan Helsley in