Citi Discipline acquired its first haunting of the season.
Kodai Senga dazzled in his Citi Discipline debut important the Mets’ to a 5-2 win over the Marlins on Saturday afternoon. The 30-year-old utilized his infamous ghost fork pitch holding Miami to just one run over six innings of labor whereas hanging out six.
Senga’s second MLB outing was even larger than his first — 5.1 IP, three hits and one earned run on Apr. 2 — and it obtained right here in the direction of the similar opponent, the one blip on his outing Saturday being a solo homer served as a lot as Jazz Chisholm inside the sixth. The righty — who signed a five-year, $70 million contract with the Amazins in Dec. of 2022 — acquired a great deal of help
Pete Alonso slugged his league-leading fifth homer to current the Mets a 3-0 lead inside the fifth. Alonso has gotten the ability stroke going inside the early going as 5 of his eight hits (batting .235 on the season) have left the yard.
A welcome sight for the Amazins obtained right here inside the bottom of the fifth as Eduardo Escobar acquired on the board. The change hitter broke out in a large method with an opposite-field homer recording his first hit from the left aspect on the season.
The 34-year-old is now 3-for-28 (.107) inside the early going.
The bullpen for Buck Showlaters squad was principally sharp of their series-clinching victory. Drew Smith allowed the second run of the game after Luis Arraez singled in Bryan De La Cruz, nonetheless, Brooks Raley obtained right here in to put out the hearth limiting the hurt. John Curtiss pitched a transparent 1.1 frames sooner than David Roberston obtained right here on to close the door
Robertson secured his second save of the season filling inside the nearer operate for the injured Edwin Diaz — who will doable miss the season on account of a torn patella tendon suffered whereas celebrating Puerto Rico’s World Baseball Traditional Pool Play victory over the Dominican Republic.
The veteran has however to allow a run in his 4 appearances this season.
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