NEW YORK – Marcus Stroman was right. He was more than ready to throw.
Back on the mound, two days after an abbreviated opening, Stroman threw six flawless innings and the New York Mets whitewashed the Philadelphia Phillies 4-0 on Tuesday, swept into a double billboard.
Brandon Nimmo hit three hits and pushed three runs as a first bat. Dominican Jonathan Villar defined the first game with a single and added a double producer in the second.
Stroman (2-0) outscored Aaron Nola ace in the pitching duel.
“I think we managed to play two good games in a row today,” Stroman said.
The double round became necessary after Monday night’s game at Citi Field was suspended due to rain. The games were played in seven innings, in compliance with the rule established since the 2020 campaign, abbreviated by the pandemic.
But the first compromise required extra tickets.
Pete Alonso and Jonathan Villar both singled singles in the eighth inning for the Mets to win 4-3.
Stroman’s opening Sunday against Miami lasted just nine launches. The game was suspended due to rain.
On Twitter, the pitcher expressed his displeasure. He said the game never had to start and regretted seeing the need to wait five days to pitch again.
Initially, Dominican manager Luis Rojas commented that Stroman would take four days off and pitch on Friday in Colorado. After the postponement of Monday’s meeting, Rojas changed his mind and said Stroman would open Tuesday night’s duel.
Dominican Jeurys Family took three outs to complete the work of six hits.
Villar pushed a run with a double against Nola (0-1) in the fourth act, and Nimmo added a two-run single.
Puerto Rican Tomás Niu beat the first triple in his career, in the sixth inning, and scored with Nimmo’s single.
In the afternoon, Dominic Smith shook an hour-long two-goal home run for New York, which led to extra innings the initial duel of a series of four between two teams in the Eastern Division of the National League.
The Mets were down for a run at the bottom of the eighth chapter, inaugurated by Alonso with a single bull against Dominican Héctor Neris (0-1). With the batazo, it wrote down the boricua Francisco Lindor, that was like automatic runner in the intermediate.
It was New York’s first hit since the second inning.
With an out and the bases full, Villar reached the batting box. The Dominican had entered the match as an emerging runner in the seventh inning and stayed to play in the anteroom.
In full account, snatching a ball between the left field and the center, above the head of Andrew McCutchen, who was playing forward.
Trevor May (1-1) took his first win with New York.
In the opening game, for the Filis, the Dominican Jean Segura 4-2 with a push.
For the Mets, Puerto Rican Lindor 3-0 with a score. The Venezuelan Luis Guillorme 1-1. The Dominican Villar 1-1 with a tow.
In the second duel, for the Filis, the Dominican Segura 3-1.
For the Mets, the Boricuas Lindor 3-1, Niu 2-1 with a score. The Dominican Villar 3-1 with a score and a push.