"Of course it was too good to be true.

Two outs away from getting back above .500 and closing out a sweep of the Braves at Turner Field, it seemed like the Mets remembered who they were -- the 2011 Mets -- and that, for them, nothing can be easy.

And just like that, Francisco Rodriguez gave up a game-tying two-run homer to pinch-hitter Brooks Conrad in the ninth inning last night and D.J. Carrasco balked in Diory Hernandez with the winning run an inning later in a 9-8 loss.

"Not too many things get to me, but to lose a game like that, man, that's hard to swallow," said Carrasco, who was called for the balk with runners on first and third, two outs and Jason Heyward at the plate. "We battled the whole night and you've got to let somebody at least hit the ball or do something else rather than just balking in the winning run. This is going to be a tough night for me.""