Mets' Brett Baty misses easy pop up at crucial moment, Dodgers pile on to secure win

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The New York Mets dropped their fourth consecutive game on Saturday with a loss to the Los Angeles Dodgers and the defeat came with a little more embarrassment than usual.

The Mets had a manageable deficit with two on and one out against the Dodgers in the top of the ninth inning. Grant Hartwig was pitching and facing Max Muncy. The ball was popped up to third baseman Brett Baty. It appeared to be an easy play that would bring New York to within one more out to end the inning.

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Brett Baty of the New York Mets can't come up with a pop up at third base hit by Max Muncy of the Los Angeles Dodgers in the ninth inning. (Jim McIsaac/Getty Images)

However, it appeared Baty lost the ball in the lights. The ball dropped right in front of him and as he dove to try to save the out, the ball nailed him in the face. Mookie Betts scored from third base to make the game 3-1.

"I actually thought I was going to catch it in foul ground and then took my eye off of it for one second and kind of got spun around," Baty said after the game. "But there’s no excuse for that. That play needs to be made."

Los Angeles scored two more and won the game 5-1. 

Pete Alonso was 1-for-3 with a strikeout and expressed his frustration with the performance.

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Mets third baseman Brett Baty commits an error that scores a ninth-inning run for Los Angeles Dodgers, Saturday, July 15, 2023, in New York. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)

"Extremely frustrating, for sure," Alonso said. "We had some opportunities, especially