Mets lose to Brewers, fall to season-high 8 games under .500

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Buck Showalter's solution for his struggling New York Mets seems simple enough.

"Win," the manager said. "It’s not complicated."

So far, not much has worked out. The Mets fell a season-worst eight games under .500 after Joey Wiemer hit a go-ahead, two-run homer to straightaway centerfield in the sixth inning that lifted the Milwaukee Brewers to a 2-1 victory on Monday night.

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New York Mets pitcher Justin Verlander reacts during the first inning of a baseball game against the Milwaukee Brewers, Monday, June 26, 2023, in New York.  (AP Photo/Adam Hunger)

New York, which won 101 games and shared the NL East title last year in Showalter’s first season, is 35-43 despite entering the season with a major league record $355 million payroll. The Mets have lost seven of nine and are 6-15 since completing a three-game sweep of Philadelphia on June 1 — their most recent series win.

"It’s always about now and the heck with what happened last year or or last week or tonight," Showalter said. "You’ve got to get it fixed."

Francisco Lindor hit a sacrifice fly in the fourth for the Mets, who trail NL East-leading Atlanta by 16 games and are 8 1/2 games back of the third wild card. New York is eight games under .500 for the first time since ending the 2021 season at 77-85.

"I don’t think anybody saw this coming, man," said Mets starter Justin Verlander, who threw five scoreless but laborious innings and has a 4.11 ERA in 10 starts since signing an $86.7 million, two-year deal. "Disappointing. It’s disappointing for everybody in this room, I know. It’s disappointing for the fans. Just got to keep