Michael Conforto was booed. Edwin Diaz was booed. Jacob deGrom threw himself.
Saturday afternoon at Citi Field had zero offensive landmarks and a bullpen from the Mets, turning what should have been a celebrated performance by Grom into another frustrating day for the right of the pin.
DeGrom equalized a high career level with 14 shots, but the Mets lost 3-0 to the Mariners only in their last lineup and failure to start the season.
The Mets (2-3) managed just three shots and watched as their nearest Diaz was eliminated by two outs in the ninth after allowing two rounds won. Conforto hit three times and took 0-for-4. In the opening home two days earlier, he leaned into a field with bases loaded in the ninth to force in the game’s winning race.
It was the second consecutive start of the great Grom that ended with a loss to the Mets. In Monday’s season opener in Philadelphia, he pitched six shutouts (eliminated after 77 pitches) and watched the bullpen implode in the eighth inning.
On this day, he allowed a run of five shots in eight innings, reaching 14 shots for the fourth time in his career.
Left-hander Trevor Rogers manipulated the Mets, allowing just three hits with 10 hits and two walks in six innings. Brandon Nimmo’s double lead outside the game for the Mets was the only extra-based hit against Rogers.
The boos for the struggling Conforto intensified in the sixth, with the third direct attack against Rogers. Pete Alonso followed with an attack shot, leaving the runners stuck in the first and third, after deGrom had reached one place to lead in the half and Brandon Nimmo went. The rally began to stop when Francisco Lindor was retired, before the attacks of Conforto and Alonso.
Jazz Chisholm Jr. jumped a fast 100 mph ball from deGrom in the second half, crushing it in the second pack in the right field to give the Marlins a 1-0 lead. Driving in that beating, deGrom had broken four of the five beatings he was facing.
Rogers’ war with DeGrom to end the fifth was the 10th of the afternoon, moving him to second place in franchise history (previously tied with Dwight Gooden) for double-digit games. DeGrom has 47 double-digit games in his career and is only following Tom Seaver (60) in Mets history.