For that, they can thank Manny Parra.
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The Mets have the edge in the season series, 1-0. Matz stuck again in the sixth. this time against Pedro Villarreal who loaded the bases when he allowed two hits and then hit Campbell with a pitch. Matz said he felt comfortable, not more edgy, after the game-opening long ball. “He came through big-time”. All statistics count. “It was really cool to watch those guys live up to their hype and transition from the minor leagues to the major leagues”, Matz said.
Matz fell behind, 3 and 1, and Phillips drove the next pitch to deep left field for what was initially ruled a single off the wall.
3 runs, 3 hits, 1 error, 1 left on. Jason Grilli gave up a run in the ninth but earned his 21st save.
Some fans even booed when manager Terry Collins came out to get Matz after 110 pitches.
When Matz needed double play grounders, he induced them. 248 with Brandon Phillips hitting.290, Todd Frazier hitting.290, and Joey Votto hitting.288.
“I was telling myself to just take it easy and it still nearly sailed to the backstop”, Matz said.
James McCann’s walk-off home run completed a remarkable comeback for the Detroit Tigers as they beat the Chicago White Sox 5-4.
With Steven Matz – he of the four RBI on Sunday – joining the rotation, the Mets have one of the most promising young staffs in baseball.
Matz became the first pitcher in Major League Baseball history to drive in four runs in his first game, going 3-for-3 in New York’s 7-2 victory. “I was kind of surprised they kept the game going at certain points”. Ivan De Jesus Jr. lined out to Granderson in right, and Marlon Byrd held at third after slipping on the bag as he tried to hustle back and tag up. “I think the key for Josh is to work ahead and challenge more in the zone”, Price said. Outfielders are looking up in the rain. I don’t know how you can throw someone out for that.
Donaldson got two hits as the Blue Jays sent Texas to its eighth loss in 10 games. He made a lunging, tumbling catch on Ruben Tejada’s drive into the corner for the first out.
Getting a feeble 2.18 runs per game, Jacob deGrom has the fifth-lowest run support in the National League. INF Daniel Murphy (strained left quadriceps) had two hits and two RBIs in his latest rehab game for Class A St. Lucie. He played nine innings there Saturday night. After the Reds intentionally walked Eric Campbell to load the bases, Matz cracked a double over the head of Reds center fielder Billy Hamilton.
That’s exactly what happened during Matz’s major-league debut. And that says nothing of his pitching, which was sensational: 7 2/3 innings, two runs, five hits, six strikeouts.
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Braves pitcher Alex Wood did not concede a run into the eighth inning as Atlanta edged the Pittsburgh Pirates 2-1, while Houston rookie Carlos Correa doubled twice and scored the tiebreaking run on a triple by Evan Gattis in the seventh inning to help the Astros top the New York Yankees 3-1. Specifically, he’s a Long Islander who was born in Stony Brook and went to Ward Melville High School in neighboring East Setauket.
