Acce s the Mets beat like never before Join Post Sports+ for exciting subscriber-only features, including real-time texting with Mike Puma about the inside buzz on the Mets. Francisco Lindor was far from the only thing wrong with the Mets offense Friday night. But in the aftermath of a lo s to the Reds, after Lindor popped out to the second baseman in shallow right field to cap an 0-for-5 night as the potential tying run to extinguish a comeback attempt, he took plenty of the blame. I mean, I gotta swing at good pitches, No. 1, . I gotta start impacting the ball a little bit better. Just not to the standards that the hitting coaches have here for all of us and not up to the standard that I have for myself, as well. Give credit to [Reds starter Nick] Lodolo, but I gotta be better, for Andre Lipcius Jersey sure. New York Mets Francisco Lindor (12) grounds out in the eighth inning against the Cincinnati Reds at Citi Field on Friday, July 18, 2025, in Queens, NY. Corey Sipkin for the NY POST Despite entering the night with hits in nine of 12 July games, Lindor said his at-bats for the last month or month-and-a-half have been up and down. Explore More He has hit .225 with a .706 OPS since June 1 after entering the month with .283 and .839 marks, respectively, that helped turn his season around after a brutal start allowing him to secure his first All-Star Game appearance as a Met. New York Mets shortstop Francisco Lindor pops out with the bases loaded to end the ninth inning. Charles Wenzelberg / New York Post Against Lodolo, though, Lindor fouled out, grounded out to the pitcher and popped out to the first baseman. Delivering insights on all things Amazins Sign up for Inside the Mets by Mike Puma, exclusively on Sports+ Thank you By clicking above you agree to the and . Enjoy this Post Sports+ exclusive newsletter! Then, he grounded out in the eighth before his 207-foot fly out to shallow right field for the final out after the Mets collected two runs and loaded the bases. Just gotta get it going, Lindor said . New York Mets Francisco Lindor (12) flies out in the ninth inning against the Cincinnati Reds at Citi Field. Corey Sipkin for the NY POST Lindor took responsibility, but the Mets managed just two hits between the third and eighth innings against Lodolo, who struck out seven acro s seven innings, and Graham Ashcraft. Juan Soto homered for the 24th time this season, but the top four hitters in the Mets lineup went just 1-for-16, with Mark Vientos and Pete Alonso each going 0-for-4. CHECK OUT THE AND A pre sing i sue to solve after the Midsummer Cla sic revolved around an overreliance on Soto, who continued his scorching tear in June and July by picking right up where he left off with the 412-foot blast in the first. And for one night, that glaring problem surfaced again. I thought today we mishit a few balls, manager Carlos Mendoza said. Got under a lot of pitches there. Hit a few pop-ups there. Then we chase. I just feel like those middle innings [recently], were having a hard time putting a rally together. Were not pa sing the baton, if you want to call it that way. Jake Rogers Jersey