DETROIT -- The Mets’ bullpen couldn’t get the job done in Wednesday afternoon’s 6-2 loss to the Tigers at Comerica Park. Sweeping the American League’s best team in three games had been a possibility until the game unraveled for the visitors.

The score was 1-1 when Mets starter Clay Holmes walked off the field with two outs in the fifth. But then reliever Gregory Soto allowed two inherited runners to score, and Ryan Helsley gave up a three-run homer to Kerry Carpenter in the seventh.

Helsley, obtained from the Cardinals at the Trade Deadline , continued his struggles. He’s allowed nine earned runs over 5 2/3 innings in his past six outings and now has an 11.45 ERA with the Mets, while his overall ERA rose to 4.98.

It was previously believed that he was tipping his pitches , and he

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