NEW YORK (AP) — Kodai Senga won his wonderful Citi Subject debut and the New York Mets bought household operates from Pete Alonso and slumping Eduardo Escobar to conquer the Miami Marlins 5-2 on Saturday.
With supporters hanging ghost indications on an outfield railing to mark Senga’s strikeouts, the Japanese rookie with the disappearing “ghost forkball” fired six innings of a few-strike ball. The only operate he permitted arrived on a leadoff homer by Jazz Chisholm Jr. in the sixth.
Sporting a Mets blue-and-orange glove with an image of a ghost and a pitchfork, Senga (2-) walked 3 and whiffed six. 4 strikeouts came on his “ghost fork” — which includes all 3 batters in the second inning.
All 8 of Senga’s strikeouts came on that awful forkball when he gained his major league debut Sunday in Miami. The right-hander signed a $75 million, five-yr deal with the Mets in December after pitching for 11 seasons in Japan with the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks.
John Curtiss retired cleanup batter Jorge Soler with the bases loaded to maintain a a few-run guide in the seventh. Curtiss worked a excellent eighth and David Robertson breezed by means of a 1-2-3 ninth for his second help you save this period in spot of hurt closer Edwin Díaz.
Luis Arraez experienced an RBI one for the Marlins, and Chisholm made two superb catches at his new spot in centre field.
One particular working day after the Mets drew 12 walks in a 9-3 acquire, Jeff McNeil walked with the bases loaded in the first to force in the to start with operate.
Alonso chased Trevor Rogers (-2) in the fifth with a two-run shot, his fourth homer in the previous 3 game titles and fifth this year. Rogers also missing to Senga final weekend.
McNeil also doubled on his 31st birthday primary off the sixth and scored on the homer by Escobar, who commenced the working day batting .083 with one particular RBI.
New York (5-4) has not produced an error this yr, the longest extend to start out a time in franchise record.
Shifting All around
Mark Canha commenced at 1st foundation for the 1st time given that 2020 with Oakland, offering Alonso a tiny crack as the DH.
UP Next
Marlins: LHP Braxton Garrett moves back again into the rotation Sunday in the sequence finale. Garrett will start out in area of Johnny Cueto, placed on the injured record after leaving his Marlins debut Monday with appropriate biceps tightness. Garrett, the seventh general choose in the 2016 amateur draft, was 3-7 with a 3.58 Era in 17 starts for Miami past period. He built a single aid visual appeal in the majors this yr, enabling two operates and six hits around 3 innings April 1 towards the Mets.
Mets: Francisco Álvarez will make his initial start powering the plate because getting recalled from the minors Friday, supervisor Buck Showalter claimed. The 21-yr-previous Álvarez is one of the prime-rated potential customers in baseball. Carlos Carrasco (-1) pitches for New York right after offering up five runs, four hits and 4 walks in excess of four-as well as innings in his year debut Monday at Milwaukee. He is 5-1 with a 2.63 Period in 10 occupation begins in opposition to Miami.
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