New York Mets pitcher Chris Bassitt says Major League Baseball is setting gamers at chance after he saw three extra teammates hit through pitches in a win over the St. Louis Cardinals.

The Mets came away with a 3-0 victory in St. Louis on Tuesday, but Bassitt and Mets supervisor Buck Showalter wasn’t celebrating after Mets slugger Pete Alonso became struck within the head through a pitch for the second time this season.

Cardinals starter Jordan Hicks had already hit Dominic Smith in the 2nd inning earlier than Kodi Whitley hit Alonso within the helmet within the 8th. Aaron Brooks hit Starling Marte inside the 9th with the bases loaded.

Eighteen Mets batters have been hit by pitches so far this season.

Bassitt, who himself dinged two Cardinals batters with pitches, said the problem is with “different” baseballs in use this season.

“To get hit in the head the amount that we’re getting hit is unbelievable,” Bassitt said. “I had some close calls tonight, and I’ve been hit in the face and I don’t want to do that to anybody ever, but MLB has a very big problem with the baseballs. They’re bad. Everyone in the league knows it. Every pitcher knows it. They’re bad.”

Mets manager Buck Showalter has suggested that MLB approve a “universal substance” that all pitchers could use to help them grip the ball after MLB cracked down on the use of sticky “foreign substances” by pitchers last season.

After Tuesday’s game, Showalter was less concerned with baseball’s overall problem than with the safety of his own players.

“You’re talking about a pitch that broke his helmet,” he said of the ball that struck Alonso — who had already been hit in the face by a pitch this season. “It’s not good, I’m not happy.”