Mets spoil Taillon’s debut
PITTSBURGH — Pinch hitter Wilmer Flores’ bloop single with the bases loaded in the 10th inning drove in the goahead run for the New York Mets in a 6-5 victory over the Pittsburgh Pirates Wednesday night.
Mets rookie infielder Ty Kelly hit his first career home run. The two-run drive tied the score 2-2 in the fourth against Jameson Taillon, who made his major league debut.
Taillon, a well-regarded 24-year-old righthander from The Woodlands, gave up three runs and six hits in six innings with three strikeouts and two walks. Pittsbugh lost for the eighth time in 12 games despite sweeping the Mets in a doubleheader Monday.
Taillon was the second overall pick in the 2010 amateur draft, chosen after Washington’s Bryce Harper and just before Baltimore’s Manny Machado. Taillon sat out the last two seasons while recovering from Tommy John surgery and a sport hernia.
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