Springer homered on Verlander’s second pitch for his 54th leadoff homer, tying Alfonso Soriano for second behind Rickey Henderson’s 81. New York has been blanked eight times, matching the Mets’ total last year. Jordan Romano finished the four-hitter for his 14th save in 15 chances, the Blue Jays’ major league-high ninth shutout. That inning began a streak of 14 straight batters retired for Bassitt. The 34-year-old right-hander escaped a first-and-third, no-outs jam in the third, retiring Brandon Nimmo and Jeff McNeil on popups around a called third strike to Francisco Lindor. He had not been to Citi Field since losing the decisive Game 3 of an NL Wild Card series against San Diego last October. "It was a pretty cool experience for him to be able to do that and then be able to go experience having his second kid.”īassitt, traded from Oakland to the Mets ahead of the 2022 season, went 15-9 with a 3.42 ERA then signed a $63 million, three-year contract with the Blue Jays. “There’s a lot of stress, a lot of pressure just being able to kind of get that game going and kind of get started on time so he can get home for his wife,” said Daulton Varsho, who hit two-run homer in the ninth off Jeff Brigham. He remained in the dugout until Tim Mayza struck out Brandon Nimmo to end the eighth inning but left Citi Field before the game ended at 11:12 p.m. “He was pacing back and forth in the clubhouse, kind of just staying locked in like a veteran pitcher does,” Schneider said.īassitt (6-4) tied his season high with eight strikeouts in 7 2/3 innings and walked none, throwing 101 pitches. There was no consideration to scratching Bassitt. Schneider credited director of team travel Mike Shaw for delaying the plane's departure time. start was pushed back by a storm, and the first pitch finally was thrown at 8:41 p.m. A private plane was ready to take Bassitt home as soon as he came out of the game and got to one of the New York area's smaller airports. Bassitt’s wife Jessica was due to give birth to their second child after daughter Landry.
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