The New York Mets just lost their sixth game in a row, and somehow that’s only the team’s second-most depressing streak of the night.

25 consecutive Mets batters were retired to conclude a 6-4 loss on Thursday at Citizens Bank Park, as New York blew a four-run lead and suffered a devastating sweep at the hands of the division-leading Phillies. The Mets, who once boasted baseball’s best record on June 13, now cling to just a 1.5-game lead on the final N.L. Wild Card spot with 15 games left to play in the regular season.

After scoring just six runs across the previous three games of the series, the Mets’ offense began Thursday by breaking out for four runs in the first inning. Francisco Lindor, Juan Soto, Mark Vientos, Brandon Nimmo, and Starling Marte each drilled hits off Philadelphia le

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