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Brandon Sproat’s impressive Citi Field debut got the young guns back on track.

The Mets, in general, not so much.

The rookie righty worked six scoreless innings in his first home start, but another flush job by the bullpen resulted in an eighth straight Mets loss Saturday, 3-2 to the Rangers .

One day after fellow rookie Jonah Tong was rocked for six runs in the first inning , the 24-year-old Sproat scattered six hits in his six frames.

He didn’t walk anyone and mostly pitched to contact, with three strikeouts in an efficient 70-pitch outing.

Carlos Mendoza explained that he turned over a 2-0

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