Sleeping bats
The Mets' offensive funk is the primary reason they entered last night's game 3-9 in their last 12. Some of the negative numbers over that span:
3
Times shut out
2.0
Runs per game*
7.3
Hits per game
.215
Team batting average
*The Mets have not scored more than four runs in any of the games.
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