Kodai Senga recorded a second straight strong begin Saturday afternoon for the host New York Mets, who continued their early season mastery of the Miami Marlins with a 5-2 victory.
Pete Alonso and Eduardo Escobar every hit two-run homers for the Mets, who’ve received 5 of six video games in opposition to the Marlins this season.
Jeff McNeil, who turned 31 Saturday, labored a bases-loaded stroll within the first inning to provide New York a lead it might by no means relinquish.
Jazz Chisholm Jr. belted a solo homer whereas Luis Arraez had an RBI single for the Marlins, who’ve been outscored 31-13 by the Mets.
Senga (2-0) was beginning in opposition to the Marlins and left-hander Trevor Rogers simply as he did in his main league debut final Sunday. Senga allowed one run on three hits with three walks and 6 strikeouts over six innings on Saturday.
The 30-year-old, who received 87 video games in his native Japan from 2012 by 2022, gave up back-to-back one-out singles to Garrett Cooper and Arraez within the first earlier than setting down 14 of the following 15 batters. Chisholm ended that run by going deep to guide off the sixth.
Senga walked Arraez with one out and walked Jean Segura with two outs earlier than retiring Avisail Garcia on a grounder to 3rd.
Senga has a 1.59 ERA and 14 strikeouts in his first 11 1/3 innings.
The Mets prolonged their result in 3-0 on Alonso’s two-run homer within the fifth inning and went forward 5-1 on Escobar’s two-run shot within the sixth.
They withstood the Marlins’ ultimate risk within the seventh. Miami loaded the bases in opposition to Drew Smith and Brooks Raley earlier than Arraez laced a two-out RBI single.
John Curtiss entered and retired Jorge Soler on a come out to second after which threw an ideal eighth inning. That arrange David Robertson, who threw a 1-2-3 ninth inning to earn his second save.
Mark Canha had two hits for the Mets.
Arraez’s two-hit sport was his fourth multi-hit sport in 9 appearances this season.
Rogers (0-2) allowed three runs on 4 hits and two walks whereas placing out 5 over 4 2/3 innings.
–Field Level Media