Mets make brutal defensive play in loss to Marlins

The New York Mets on Tuesday night somehow found a way to make a disastrous season even more embarrassing.

Mets starting pitcher Joey Lucchesi committed a brutal error during the fifth inning of his team’s 4-3 loss to the Miami Marlins. The Marlins had runners on first and second with nobody out after Jon Berti led off the inning with a double and Nick Forres was hit by a pitch. Xavier Edwards then noticed that Mets shortstop Francisco Lindor was playing close to the second-base bag, so Edwards laid a perfect bunt down the third-base line.

Mets third baseman Ronny Mauricio had to charge in to field the bunt, which left no one covering third base. Lucchesi somehow did not notice this and threw to third anyway.