Danny Jenson’s two-run homer caused the sixth innings of six runs on Friday night as Tampa Bay Rays assigned a rare house loss to New York Met’s three-game set opener with a 7–5 decision.
Jenson’s sixth Homer of the Year made Kamran Misner and won the winner of former New York Pitcher Eric Orz (1-0), who won his first MLB win, with a scorer Relief Relief innings.
Four other rays made it through the last four innings, in which Pete Fairbanks picked the ninth for its 13th Save in 15 occasions. Fairbanks stuck men at the corners, called the third strike by Ronnie Maurisio to eliminate it.
Max Kranik (3–2), on Friday, was tagged with disadvantages, creating its first appearance for the mates after being withdrawn from the first Triple-e-Sirakuse. This year was the eighth defeat of New York in 35 matches in the City Field and snatched away his six game winning streak.
Single from Paul Blackburn to Brandon Lowe, Yandi Diaz and Jonathan Aranda began rebellion in the sixth. After Junior Caminero’s pop up, Jake Mangam dropped two runs for the center and Jose Cabellro excluded Aranda to score. Missner left a game-tieing single and stole another before Jansen’s explosion.
Neither the starter was involved in the decision. Tampa Bay’s Taj Bradley scored four-plus innings, including four hits and five unintentional runs, which had four walks and five strikeouts. Clay Holmes of New York left two and three with a 5–1 lead after allowing three hits and one run in five innings.
Holmes coughs a single homer for the eighth of the year, the eighth of the year to start the fourth. But Mats quickly wiped the lead to hit some clutch from stering marte and protect some unstable rays.
Bradley’s error set a platform for two runs New York Fourth, in which Marte brought an RBI Infield Single from Bradley’s foot to tie it. Tyron Taylor reached the choice of a fielder to score a tiebreaking runs.
In the fifth, the mates are already sandwiches around the error of Arnda in the Ted. Juan Soto attracted a walk-filled walk to knock in one run, followed by two-outs of Marte, two-nine single to left-center.
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