Carlos Mendoza gives honest assessment of Mets' defensive woes

Not much went right for the New York Mets on Sunday in game three of the Subway Series.

The Mets lost the finale of their three-game series against the New York Yankees, losing 8-2 during the Bronx portion of the Subway Series. The Amazins' were held to just three hits on the night while their bullpen and defense imploded in the bottom of the eighth; the Yankees scored six runs in the inning to cruise past their cross-town rivals for the victory.

While the Mets failed to produce much on offense during this game and did not slug a single home run during this series, perhaps the biggest story during Sunday's game was the Mets' struggles on defense. New York committed two errors on the night, with one of them occurring in the bottom of the first when Mark Vientos failed to make a routine throw to first base, which resulted in the Bronx Bombers scoring two runs in that inning.

But the most costly error came during that aforementioned bottom of the eighth, when the Yankees had a runner on second and third with one out and the game tied at two. With Jorbit Vivas at the plate facing off against Ryne Stanek, he worked an 11-pitch at-bat that resulted in a grounder to first baseman Pete Alonso, who threw the ball away in an attempt to gun down Jasson Domínguez trying to score.