Takeaways from Sunday's game between the Mets and Rays, a 9-0 loss in which right-hander Griffin Canning regressed and Tampa Bay's pitching blanked New York's offense.

Starter Griffin Canning gave up six runs, four hits and five walks, plus one wild pitch that allowed a run to score.

These are not the New York Mets we’ve grown accustomed to this season. Somehow, following a six game winning streak, they’re the Mets who lost 9–0 on Sunday afternoon and got swept at home by a Tampa Bay Rays squad that lacks the same star power,

Tampa Bay’s 17-6 record since May 20 is the best in baseball, and the Rays showed a lot of the reasons why Saturday.

There was a time where they might have made their debuts with the Mets. Instead, they're thriving for a different organization.

They haven't been the prettiest of games, but the Tampa Bay Rays have rolled into New York and beaten the Mets — one of the top teams in baseball and

Tampa Bay Rays' Brandon Lowe, left, and Taylor Walls, right, react after Walls scored on a single hit by Josh Lowe during the third inning of a baseball game against the New York Mets Saturday, June 14, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Pamela Smith) AP