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Marcus Semien was brought over to the Mets more for his glove than his bat, but it was his defensive lapses that hurt his team in the second game of New York's doubleheader with the Cubs.
The Mets had six errors -- not to count the number of misplays that were not errors -- in Wednesday night's loss and Semien was charged with two of them.
The first came in the fourth when he made an errant throw that allowed the Cubs to get runners on the corners with no outs. Chicago would score three runs in that inning.
Semien's second error was a pop-up that he couldn't come down with in the seventh. That one did not cost the Mets any runs, but it was a troubling sight for the 14-year veteran.
The veteran second baseman's two errors alone matched his season total in 127 games a season ago with the Texas Rangers -- a year he won his second Gold Glove award. He's now up to six on the season, all coming in the last 33 games.
When asked what the cause of the defensive errors is, Semien can only point to the attention to detail when playing.
"It’s always going to be attention to detail with defense," he explained. "First step was not great on the first [error]. Seems like when I’m trying to pick the ball up and rush, the throw isn’t good. I feel like it’s a play that I could have saved and got the out and I didn’t. Those ones hurt.
"Pop-up, same thing, drifted to the ball. The wind was a little funky out there, and just took my eyes off the ball. Those are plays that I want to make, plays that I want to make tomorrow to help us win."
President of baseball operations David Stearns swapped Brandon Nimmo for Semien this offseason to shore up the infield defense. Semien has regressed in that area this season, and is having arguably the worst offensive year of his career. Entering Thursday, Semien will have career worsts in batting (.216), slugging (.348) and OPS (.623).
Going 1-for-11 with three strikeouts in the first three games of the series with the Cubs didn't help those numbers.
"Today was just a tough day. A tough day all the way around," Semien said. "We didn’t play well for two games. It became frustrating after game one. We wanted to come out to play well in game two and it didn’t happen. That’s mostly what I’m thinking about. Performing way under par today and just want to get back here tomorrow, and play better baseball and get a win."
Wednesday's performance could not have come at a worse time for Semien and the Mets. After being swept by the Cubs in the doubleheader, New York's losing streak is now at five and they are 12 games under .500, a season-low mark for the season.
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The Mets had six errors -- not to count the number of misplays that were not errors -- in Wednesday night's loss and Semien was charged with two of them.
The first came in the fourth when he made an errant throw that allowed the Cubs to get runners on the corners with no outs. Chicago would score three runs in that inning.
Semien's second error was a pop-up that he couldn't come down with in the seventh. That one did not cost the Mets any runs, but it was a troubling sight for the 14-year veteran.
The veteran second baseman's two errors alone matched his season total in 127 games a season ago with the Texas Rangers -- a year he won his second Gold Glove award. He's now up to six on the season, all coming in the last 33 games.
When asked what the cause of the defensive errors is, Semien can only point to the attention to detail when playing.
"It’s always going to be attention to detail with defense," he explained. "First step was not great on the first [error]. Seems like when I’m trying to pick the ball up and rush, the throw isn’t good. I feel like it’s a play that I could have saved and got the out and I didn’t. Those ones hurt.
"Pop-up, same thing, drifted to the ball. The wind was a little funky out there, and just took my eyes off the ball. Those are plays that I want to make, plays that I want to make tomorrow to help us win."
President of baseball operations David Stearns swapped Brandon Nimmo for Semien this offseason to shore up the infield defense. Semien has regressed in that area this season, and is having arguably the worst offensive year of his career. Entering Thursday, Semien will have career worsts in batting (.216), slugging (.348) and OPS (.623).
Going 1-for-11 with three strikeouts in the first three games of the series with the Cubs didn't help those numbers.
"Today was just a tough day. A tough day all the way around," Semien said. "We didn’t play well for two games. It became frustrating after game one. We wanted to come out to play well in game two and it didn’t happen. That’s mostly what I’m thinking about. Performing way under par today and just want to get back here tomorrow, and play better baseball and get a win."
Wednesday's performance could not have come at a worse time for Semien and the Mets. After being swept by the Cubs in the doubleheader, New York's losing streak is now at five and they are 12 games under .500, a season-low mark for the season.
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