NEW YORK -- The New York Mets lost again Friday night, blowing two more leads and hearing more boos in an 11-9 loss to the Seattle Mariners at Citi Field.

They've now dropped 14 of 16 games to fall six games behind the first-place Philadelphia Phillies in the National League East and just a half-game ahead of the Cincinnati Reds for the third and final NL wild card spot.

"It's part of the mountain," Mets shortstop Francisco Lindor said. "You got to climb the mountain, and right now we're in a very steep part of it. And if we don't get ourselves together and we don't push ourselves to be better day in and day out, the mountain is going to be tough to climb."

The Mets boasted the best record in baseball through June 12, a 45-24 mark that was three games clear of everyone else in

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