One night after slugging 10 runs across the plate, only to allow 11, the Mets fell 7-1 to the Atlanta Braves for their fourth loss in a row.

After an impressive 2020 debut, Michael Wacha struggled, allowing five runs on seven hits in four innings of work.

In a rotation that has had its fair share of injuries, the bullpen is struggling, and mets manager Luis Rojas emphasized the need for starters to eat up more innings.

"You always want that from your starters. We know our guys can do that. Some of the pitch counts have elevated after the first round of the outing," said Rojas.

And Wacha agreed.

"That's the starting pitcher's job, go out there and set the tone there in the first," said Wacha. "I just didn't do that tonight."

"Right from the start I felt like I was just a little bit sloppy," he added. "With the mechanics, with the execution...it's gotta be more, I guess on point."

Rojas said Wacha had trouble finding his changeup

"The touch for his changeup wasn't there in the beginning of the game. He kind of found it as the pitch count was elevated," said Rojas.

Throughout the first nine games, the Mets have been inconsistent on both sides of the ball, but Rojas said he is not worried yet.

"The guys, we've had games where we're right there from finishing them and coming away with a W. And it just hasn't;t been the case to finish them off," said Rojas. "Individually, we talk to the guys that's been in those games to make sure that the confidence is there, the trust is there, and what happened in that particular situation."

The Mets are 3-6 right now, but are a few unlucky occurrences away from flopping those numbers.

"We've been in a position to win games, and we know that there's gonna be games where we know that not everything is gonna go right, but you still gonna get away with a W, and there's games where you gonna do things right and you're gonna get a loss," said Rojas. "That's just how the game is sometimes."

On the bright side, Franklyn Kilome looked strong in his big league debut, allowing two runs and striking out five in his four innings of work.

"I was just attacking the zone right away," said Kilome through translator Alan Suriel. "That's the most important part. That's what you have to do as a big league pitcher and just have your breaking pitches and your command to be sharp as well."

"Kilo had a great outing. He gave us exactly what we needed there," said Rojas. "He gave us four innings. He learned some stuff, definitely, [in his] first major league outing."

Rojas added that while he allowed a home run to Ronald Acuna Jr., his debut was a "learning experience" and "the best out of it is he gave us exactly what we wanted, and that was a good outing."

Kilome missed all of 2019 recovering from Tommy John surgery he underwent in October of 2018, so he was excited to get back on the rubber.

"What can I say? It was a long two years for me. That process, especially being a young person, it's kind of hard to be able to say focused," added Kilome.

Kilome added that his phone was blowing up with texts from his mother and friends as well.

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