Mets fans accuse Luis Rojas of losing lead after controversial pitcher change to Giants

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Mets fans held Luis Rojas personally responsible for their team’s 3-2 loss to the San Francisco Giants on Wednesday.

With a one-point lead over the National League’s top team in the seventh inning, the Mets manager came out of the dugout to retire starter Taijuan Walker. As Rojas approached the mound, Walker began to protest. Hed only threw 74 shots at that time and allowed just two hits.

But after two hitters could reach this inning, the first, Kris Bryant, on a ground error from third baseman Jonathan Villar and the second, Alex Dickerson, on a single, Rojas decided it was time to change pitcher. and called southpaw Aaron Wolf.

As Walker angrily returned to the canoe and Loup exited the bullpen, it seemed Walker was shouting bulls — towards Rojas.

Moments later, Giants shortstop Brandon Crawford netted a brace on Loup’s very first pitch, scoring Bryant and Dickerson to give the Giants the lead.

Then the songs for the head of Rojas began.

Fire Rojas! Fire Rojas, the angry crowd of Citi Field chanted, louder and louder.

Both games essentially dictated the decision, Rojas said after the game. You have a guy in the first and second, no outs and you have a guy like Brandon Crawford at home plate, he’s their best hitter. And we have probably one of the best lefties in the league, Aaron Loup.

Walker later attributed his emotional response to simply being a competitor.

My goal is to go out there and get as far as I can in those games and just try to give the team the best chance of winning, he said. And at that point, I thought I was throwing well today and the last few weeks. So like I said, being a competitor, I want to stay in this game, I want to be in this moment, but that’s how it is.

When asked if he had reacted to the fans, Rojas replied: No, no reaction. I mean, I hear the fans. The fans are always screaming for other guys, different things. … They can they can say anything. It’s baseball. We have a very passionate fan base and they are going to do these things. Its part of the game.

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Walker was seething as he perched in the shelter. Although he started in the lead, he allowed two earned runs, three overall, three strikeouts and one walk. More importantly, he was the losing pitcher.

I thought I was throwing the ball well today, said Walker. It’s like that.

And Walker had thrown the ball well, with a bit of reinforcement behind him and help behind the plate as well. In the fourth inning, Javier Baez sprinted at full speed to catch a slightly backward catch and slide to save Walker with a Brandon Belt hit. Walkers, a costly mistake arose when he was bitten by a long ball hit by Bryant the next day at bat.

Then thanks to two rallies and some bizarre errors from the Giants outfielder in the fifth and sixth innings, Villar and Michael Conforto were able to tack; the first on a throwing error in Bryant’s fifth, which allowed Villar to score, and the second on an RBI brace from Dom Smith.

The Mets are now down 61-65 on the season and 7.5 games behind second-place Wild Card.

We were all frustrated, but we show up every day and the guys keep working, Walker said. We were trying to get up, we were staying positive, we only had one big bang for opening things up and everything, so those are the positives.

I know we’ve been saying the last few weeks it doesn’t sound good to hear it every day, but the guys are showing up ready to play every day.

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