In last night’s triumph over Atlanta, Marcus Stroman got his first win as a Met as New York propelled over the Braves for the 10-8 win.
In his third start for the Amazin’s, the right-hander was able to work 5 1/3 innings allowing three runs, two earned, on four hits with five strikeouts.
Stroman struggled with his control coming out of the gate, surrendering back-to-back two-out walks to Freddie Freeman and Josh Donaldson in the first inning. Brian McCann singled to load the bases, but New York’s starter struck out Ender Inciarte to get out of the jam.
Through the third, the 28-year-old was still seeming to find his groove. After walking Ronald Acuna Jr., a wild pitch moved the outfielder to second base. Then, Ozzie Albies reached on a missed catch error by Pete Alonso when the throw from Amed Rosario sent the baseball right through the catching webbing of first baseman’s glove. Stroman surrendered his fourth and final walk of the night to Freddie Freeman to load the bases.
After a mound visit from Phil Regan, Stroman got Josh Donaldson to ground into a force out, and Brian McCann to ground into a double play, limiting the damage to just one unearned run on the box score. A strong proponent of showing emotion on the diamond, Marcus walked off the mound with a fiery energy that lit up the Mets dugout.
The Long Island native gave up solo homers to outfielder Matt Joyce and Donaldson in the fourth and sixth innings, respectively, but otherwise pitched a solid outing. He was able to get out of several bases-loaded jams while limiting the potent Atlanta offense to just three runs. With the help of the Mets seven-run lead by the third, there was not much pressure on the team’s newest starter.
Stroman also contributed offensively to the Mets ten run affair. His single in the second inning was the fourth hit of his career-three of his four hits having come off of Julio Teheran.
He is 1-0 with a 5.17 ERA since being traded from Toronto. On the season, Stroman is 7-11 owning a 3.21 ERA with a 1.297 WHIP in 140 1/3 innings pitched. His 3.2 bWAR is second-highest among the team’s starting pitchers, trailing Jacob deGrom’s 5.2.
