Familia can’t convert immediate shot at redemption

NEW YORK — Jeurys Familia was sitting quietly in a far corner of the Mets’ clubhouse late Thursday afternoon when David Wright emerged from a back room, offered Familia a quick, reassuring pat on the shoulder, then disappeared as quickly as he had arrived.

If Familia is as human as he says, and as human as he looked in blowing a second consecutive save in a 2-1 loss to the Rockies, he must have needed the reassurance. No sooner had Familia’s franchise-record streak of 52 consecutive save conversions come to an end this week than he found himself in a bona fide funk, losing Thursday’s game on two hits, a walk, a James Loney fielding error and a wild pitch.

Certainly, this latest defeat was not all Familia’s fault. The offense (1-for-9 with runners in scoring position, nine men left on base) is still not producing, and the Mets are making curious choices because of it. Manager Terry Collins absorbed a heap of instant criticism for his decision to pinch-hit Yoenis Cespedes, whom he knew the Rockies would intentionally walk, for Jacob deGrom with two on base in the seventh inning, forcing deGrom out of the game. …

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