They popped up a key bunt, pitched poorly and lost their seventh straight at Citi Field.
He's going to keep talking up the bunt, so other teams have to think about it.
To Maddon, the reason hitters like Teixeira don't employ the bunt more often is simple: ego.
He advanced to third on a bunt by Escobar and then scored on Gordon's sacrifice fly.
Laffey walked four, Brett Gardner had a sacrifice bunt and Vernon Wells a tying sacrifice fly.
He snapped an 0-for-12 stretch when he laid down a perfect bunt single toward third.
Canada led 9-3 when its catcher, Chris Robinson, led off the ninth inning with a bunt single.
Third baseman Luis Cruz fielded Robinson's bunt and seemed to tell Leon to hit the next batter.
Davis drew a leadoff walk in the 10th and moved up on a sacrifice bunt by Juan Lagares.
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He struck out four, walked one and was removed for Sean Doolittle after Gardner's bunt single to start the eighth.
Bourjos went 0 for 4, was hit by a pitch and added a sacrifice bunt, ending his 10-game hitting streak.
Teixeira readily admitted that putting the threat of the bunt in opposing managers' minds is a key part of his strategy.
He struck out four, walked one and was removed for Sean Doolittle after Brett Gardner's bunt single to start the eighth.
Jordany Valdespin beat out a bunt with two outs in the Mets' third and scored on a headfirst slide on Murphy's double.
With New York clinging to a 1-0 lead, Recker committed a passed ball and made a high throw after fielding a bunt.
The bunt is the shiny bauble that he wants opponents to notice.
In the seventh, Scott Atchison walked Pena, who moved to second on a sacrifice bunt and advanced to third on a wild pitch.
Until then, he'll happily remain a one-man traveling band, loudly singing the praises of the bunt in earshot of every opposing manager he meets.
But Ruben Tejada popped out on a bunt and pinch-hitter Justin Turner grounded into a double play to end the Mets' fourth straight loss overall.
He left for a pinch-hitter as Tyler Pastornicky used to bunt in the bottom of the seventh when the Braves took their first lead at 4-3.
"I didn't feel as good as the last game, but (I was) still making some pitches until the last inning: first pitch double, then a good bunt, " Buehrle said.
Pinch-hitter Jordany Valdespin drew a two-out walk and stole second base when closer Bobby Parnell squared around to bunt while taking a strike on the first pitch he saw.
The Braves went up 4-3 in the seventh when Scott Atchison walked Pena, who moved to second on a sacrifice bunt and advanced to third on a wild pitch.
Nick Ferraresi led off the top of the 13th with a single, advanced to second on a bunt by Aaron Silbar and came home on Crucet's single to right field.
Jose Iglesias singled and Ciriaco followed with a bunt that Reynolds barehanded cleanly, but he rushed his throw and the ball skipped out of play, allowing both runners to advance.
In chatting up the bunt putting all this attention on himself, Teixeira is also re-opening the fundamental debate about the shift: Why don't power hitters bunt against it more often?
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