After dropping 12 of their last 15 games and losing the series against the Pirates, the Mets held a team meeting.

Andrew McCutchen and Bryan Reynolds hit consecutive two-run doubles during a six-run eighth inning as the Pittsburgh Pirates pulled away for a 9-2 victory over the struggling New York Mets.

Rah,’ and ‘Now, the season is going to turn around.' We are competing — still," said de facto captain Francisco Lindor.