Starling Marte said he didn’t regret a thing.
After the Mets’ 3-2 loss to the Brewers on Thursday, in which Marte struck out with the bases loaded to end the game, many fans were shocked that the veteran swung and struck out on three straight pitches.
Despite a woman in the seats behind home plate who went viral for yelling to Marte “don’t swing at everything” during his at-bat, the outfielder already appeared to have had his mind made up once he stepped up to the plate.
“My mentality was to see the ball and hit the ball there,” Marte said through translator Alan Suriel. “Obviously fans can say what they want to say but at the end of the day, I’m the one that’s there standing at the plate so I have to try and have that success myself. We’ve been doing this since we were kids and yeah we have that experience and when you’re there, you kind of have to see it for yourself.”
Marte — who did not start in the Mets;’ 5-4 loss to the Giants on Friday night — didn’t look like a successful 12-year veteran on it Thursday.
He swung at three consecutive changeups from Brewers pitcher Devin Williams to end the Mets’ night and continue their precipitous free fall down the National League East standings.
Mets right fielder Starling Marte strikes out with the bases loaded to end the game in the 9th inning, as the Brewers beat the Mets 3-2. Charles Wenzelberg / New York PostRegardless, Marte said he had no regrets and wouldn’t have changed a thing.
“No, I wouldn’t have done anything different,” he said. “He missed on a pitch that I ended up missing on as well, that I didn’t execute on. And then he came back and executed his best pitch, and that’s where he got me out. But I wouldn’t have done anything different.”
Marte had started the previous 15 contests entering Friday, batting .234 with one home run, two doubles, six RBIs, nine runs scored and three stolen bases during that stretch.
But during the Mets’ four-game series against Milwaukee that wrapped Thursday, he went 3-for-17 (.177) without driving in a run.
Starling Marte said he wouldn’t have changed his approach. Robert Sabo for NY PostFor Mets manager Buck Showalter, the decision to leave the two-time All-Star out of the lineup against the Giants on Friday was an easy one.
“Felt he needed a day, and I want to get Mark [Canha] in there when I can,” Showalter said.
Marte did end up making an appearance in Friday’s loss.
He pinch-ran for Luis Guillorme in the ninth inning of a one-run game and was thrown out trying to steal second.
Marte said through his translator that he has the same confidence he “always had my entire career” that he still can play like the All-Star he was last season.
But after back-to-back rough final innings, Marte may actually need a full day off.






