Luis Severino's mistake “messed everything up” the first time things went wrong for the Mets

The Mets' only Gold Glove finalist was betrayed by his defense on Wednesday night.

Luis Severino didn't allow much hard contact in Game 3.

Instead, the two runs he allowed over 4²/₃ innings were due in part to the pitcher not using his position as well as usual.

“I feel like my glove messed everything up there that inning,” Severino said after the Mets' 8-0 loss in Game 3 at Citi Field.

The Mets never really recovered after Severino allowed those two unearned runs in the second inning.

They weren't entirely Severino's fault.

He took the lead with Max Muncy, but Francisco Alvarez's throwing error on a dribbler from Teoscar Hernandez was big.

Severino couldn't field Gavin Lux's comebacker cleanly, costing him the chance for a double play, and Will Smith singled Severino, scoring the first run of the game.

“That wasn't good. I should have caught that one,” Severino said. “One should have been a simple double play. The other one I should have stopped the guy from going home. I made a few mistakes there.”

The right-hander was lucky that Tyrone Taylor tracked down Tommy Edman's sacrifice fly to right-center field, otherwise things could have been worse in this inning.

But the damage was done.

Overall, Severino's performance was passable, limiting Los Angeles' strong lineup to three hits and those two runs.

While he didn't give the Mets any length, Severino at least limited the damage.

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He got out of a bases-loaded one-out situation in the third by retiring Hernandez and Lux, worked a perfect fourth and came out with two on and two out in the fifth.

That was Severino's postseason – not disastrous, but not overly effective.

He entered with a 4.50 ERA after allowing six ERs in 12 innings pitched, and he wasn't much better on Wednesday night.

Severino often trailed batters, putting the Mets in an early hole and forcing the bullpen to 13 outs.

It didn't help that Reed Garrett hit Kiké Hernandez with a two-run home run in the sixth that ended the game.

The only positive was that Garrett was the only high-leverage tool used.

With big games coming up on Thursday and Friday, this was significant.