Luis Severino’s Mets debut on Saturday went as smoothly as his final season with the Yankees.
That means there was a lot of room for improvement.
The defense behind Severino didn’t help, but right-hander Severino also had no answer for Mets powerhouse Reece Hoskins in the team’s 7-6 loss to the Brewers at Citi Field.
A day after Hoskins’ late slide to second base frustrated Jeff McNeil and emptied the bench, Hoskins had three hits, including a home run, and four RBIs.
After Hoskins had already done the damage, a message was sent to Hoskins that Johan Ramirez threw behind Hoskins in the seventh inning.
Both teams remained in their respective dugouts, and Ramirez was ejected after being called by the referee.
Severino, who pitched in 19 games with the Yankees last season and had a 6.65 ERA, was one of the Mets’ bright spots in spring training after joining him on a one-year, $13 million contract, but that didn’t carry over into his first start. Ta. .
Overall, he gave up a career-high 12 hits in five innings, had six strikeouts, and allowed six earned runs.
The Brewers weren’t fooled by his pitching.
Severino averaged 95.5 mph with his four-seam fastball and peaked at 98.1 mph, but only recorded six total swings and whiffs.
Brett Batty gave the Mets momentum in the eighth inning with a pinch-hit, three-run home run off left-hander Hobie Milner.
But after Edwin Diaz (first appearance of 2022) pitched a scoreless ninth inning, the Mets only managed one extra run on Pete Alonso’s home run off Abner Uribe.
Willie Adames’ RBI single gave them the lead in the first inning. Severino then struck out Jake Bowers to get two outs, then Hoskins hit a two-run homer to put the Mets in a 3-0 hole.
The rally started with Zach Short mishandling William Contreras’ grounder to third base (which was ruled a hit) and Christian Yelich’s hit single.
Francisco Alvarez jumped on the sagging curve of the first pitch of the DL hole in the second inning and sent the ball flying into the left field seats for the Mets’ second home run of the season.
Hoskins gave the Mets a hard time in the third inning, hitting a two-run homer with a slider into the left field seats, extending the Brewers’ lead to 5-1.
Adames hit a leadoff single in the first inning, followed by Hoskins.
The Mets fought back with two outs, then Starling Marte walked, McNeil singled, and Alvarez hit a RBI with Hall to get one run back.
Severino balked a run in the fifth inning, putting the Mets up 6-2.
Hoskins singled, his third hit of the game, and Oliver Dunn’s first hit in the major leagues. A single on a ground ball that hit Pete Alonso’s glove put runners in the corners before the balk.
Adam Ottavino allowed three hits, including an RBI to Yelich in the eighth inning, giving the Brewers a 7-2 lead.
Batty hit in the bottom of the inning after Marte and Alvarez singled.
Alvarez finished the game with 3 hits for 4 and 2 RBIs.
Alonso’s home run in the ninth inning brought the Mets even closer.
