The injuries have piled up. Kodai Senga, Tylor Megill, Sean Manaea, and Griffin Canning are all sidelined from the rotation. The bullpen has been stretched thin, with Danny Young and A.J. Minter among the missing pieces in the late innings.

The Mets were outscored 30-4 in the series. The Pirates, who entered Sunday with the lowest run total in the National League (285), have scored 48 runs in their last seven games and scored at least nine in three straight games for the first time since Aug. 29-31, 2019, at Colorado.

Oneil Cruz hit two home runs and had four RBIs, Henry Davis had four hits and the host Pittsburgh Pirates completed a three-game sweep of the New York Mets with a 12-1 rout on Sunday afternoon.