The Mets have a habit of repeating history, and unfortunately for their fans, that habit is becoming all too familiar. After a promising win on May 1st, the team stepped onto the field looking to turn the page on a brutal April. But if you watched tonight's 4-3 extra-inning loss to the Angels, you might feel like you've seen this movie before—because you have, about five times already in April.

For a team that prides itself on resilience, the story was the same: clutch opportunities slipped through their fingers. Rookie ace Nolan McLean started strong, retiring the first two Angels batters with ease. But baseball is a game of inches, and a few well-placed singles—including a soft grounder that found an empty patch of infield—put the Angels on the board first. The real drama came when Austin Slater gunned down Jorge Soler at third base, but the throw beat the runner home, too. A missed call and a non-challenge from manager Carlos Mendoza meant the run counted, leaving the Mets in an early 1-0 hole. That one play would loom large.

The Mets didn't stay quiet for long. In the third inning, Slater—starting against lefty Reid Detmers—redeemed himself with a sharp one-out double to left. After a strikeout, Bo Bichette delivered a clutch single to right, knotting the game at 1-1. It was the kind of rally that gets a dugout buzzing, but the Mets couldn't push across another run, leaving the door open for the Angels.

And the Angels walked right through it. In the fourth, McLean walked a batter and allowed a single, putting runners on first and second. A wild pitch moved them both into scoring position, and despite a strikeout that brought the Mets within one out of escaping, Vaughn Grissom blooped a two-run single to center. Just like that, the Angels were up 3-1, and McLean's night was done after a high pitch count.

For Mets fans, this game felt like a broken record: early promise, missed chances, and a late-game collapse that left everyone wondering when the script will finally change. In the world of sports, sometimes it's not about the talent—it's about the timing. And for the Mets, the clock is ticking.