Zack Wheeler and Michael Conforto didn’t finish Friday night looking much better than Matt Harvey.
Wheeler buried his teammates before their first at-bat, allowing five runs in the first inning, while Michael Conforto struck out four times — including the game’s final at-bat, with the game-tying and game-winning runs in scoring position — to give the Mets their fourth-straight loss, 8-7, to the Rockies Friday night at Citi Field.
The Mets (17-12) have lost 12 of their past 18 games.
Wheeler allowed hits to six of the first seven batters he faced — including the Rockies’ first three hitters — and earned the wrath of the crowd before the Mets stepped to the plate.
The right-hander then allowed a solo home run to Charlie Blackmon to start the second inning and another to Tony Wolters to open the sixth.
Wheeler (2-2) ended up lasting six-plus innings — he has pitched at least six innings in three of his five starts — but allowed a season-high seven runs and 10 hits, with three walks and three strikeouts, and now holds a 5.79 ERA. He threw 100 pitches (64 strikes).
After being shut out in back-to-back games, the Mets quickly ended their 19-inning scoreless stretch when Asdrubal Cabrera hit a two-run homer off of German Marquez (2-3) in the first inning. But then a new streak began and the Mets didn’t register another run — or extra-base hit — until a two-run homer by Todd Frazier in the eighth inning, cutting the Rockies’ lead to 8-4.
Wilmer Flores revived some hope with a pinch-hit double to lead off the bottom of the ninth, and Amed Rosario following by bringing the few fans left out of their seats with a run-scoring single.
The Rockies then brought on closer Wade Davis, who surrendered a one-out RBI triple to Cabrera and brought the tying run to the plate.
Yoenis Cespedes then went down looking on a full-count, Jay Bruce drew a walk and Frazier laced an RBI single to bring pinch-runner Jose Reyes 90 feet from tying the game.
With two runners in scoring position, the struggling Conforto struck out for the fourth time to end the game.
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