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The Mets were riding high heading into their three-game series against the Seattle Mariners. They had just won two straight games against the Colorado Rockies, including a 9-1 victory on Thursday, and had gone 4-3 over the first seven games of their tough 10-game road trip.

New York got shut out on Friday night and were blanked again on Saturday, managing just four hits in a 4-0 loss. The team has not scored in 19 consecutive innings and have been shut out in back-to-back games for the first time during the 2024 season. Despite the Mets' recent offensive struggles, manager Carlos Mendoza said it's not concerning.

"No, not at all," Mendoza said. "You got to give them credit. They got a good pitching staff and we knew that coming in. And then tomorrow, we got to find a way to beat another good arm. Guys will be ready and we'll try to salvage the series tomorrow."

The Mets have gotten a difficult draw against the Mariners rotation, facing Bryce Miller on Friday, Logan Gilbert on Saturday, and will go up against Luis Castillo on Sunday. Mendoza acknowledged the team is up against strong pitching, but believes in his hitters to turn it around in the series finale.

"It's the big leagues, man," Mendoza said. "We got good hitters, we got good hitters. The past two nights, today, tonight, yesterday, they've been on in their games. We haven't shown much. But like I said, we got to be ready tomorrow for another good arm."

He added: "It's baseball, you're going to go through some stretches where it's going to be hard. Like I said, you got to give them credit. We got good hitters. But tomorrow we got to find a way."

Since June 1, the Mets have gone 37-23 to completely turn their season around. However, the team is now 4-5 this month during their long road trip. Mendoza reiterated that he's not concerned and said the team's struggles are due to a combination of things.

"Probably a combination, whether it's not making pitches when we need to, not scoring enough runs or making a play," Mendoza said. "We will continue to battle. That's part of the schedule. We got to continue to fight and continue stay positive. Come back tomorrow and win a baseball game."

"We got to keep going. Too good of a players there and it happens, so not concerned."

Like Mendoza, Brandon Nimmo credited the Mariners' pitching staff's performances over the first two games of the series, saying "these guys do it a lot and they are very good pitchers." Nimmo went on to talk about his own issues at the plate since the All-Star break, calling his performance "terrible," as he's hitting just .158 with three RBI over the last 20 games.

"Terrible. It's no question that I've been doing really poorly since All-Star break," Nimmo said. "I expect more of myself and I'm working at it everyday, but it's just not good enough. I'm one of the leaders on this team, I'm supposed to come through, I'm supposed to do better, and I'm not. I'm going to try and do everything I can in my power to get better and to finish strong. But it's not good."

After Saturday's loss, the Mets are now 0.5 games back of the Atlanta Braves for the final Wild Card spot with 45 games left to play in the regular season. Nimmo made it clear that the team is not panicking over their recent cold stretch, but instead has a sense of urgency to turn things back around again.

"Yeah of course, but you can't panic," Nimmo said. "There has to be a difference between urgency and panic. If you panic, you might as well throw your cleats down and let's go home right now. If you have a sense of urgency and you guys understand that each game is very important, which this group does, they're not throwing away any games. We acknowledge that we're trying to get this turned around sooner than later, then I think we'll end up in a good spot.

"Can't panic in this situation, just got to keep playing baseball, try to get better, and try to work on what you can each and every day."