Game #36: Pittsburgh Pirates vs. St. Louis Cardinals
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LOS ANGELES — Clayton Kershaw's slow curveball bounced well short of home plate, but Ronny Mauricio swung at it anyway and missed. In his first major-league game since late 2023, Mauricio showed the weakness in his game New York Mets officials must get comfortable with. Mauricio is going to chase plenty of balls out of the strike zone. Advertisement 'We understand that's an area where he needs to improve,' Mets manager Carlos Mendoza said. 'We'll see him chase, especially with how good the pitching is here at the big-league level. That's why I am saying, we gotta be patient with him.' In the meantime, the Mets expect to see Mauricio's other calling cards, namely his ability to hit balls exceedingly hard, exceedingly far. For the Mets, the tradeoff is worth it. Mauricio's power didn't show up in the Mets' 6-5 loss to the Los Angeles Dodgers on Tuesday; he went 0-for-4 with the strikeout against Kershaw's breaking ball. But Mauricio's offensive potential is why New York called on him, earlier than expected, to replace Mark Vientos (injured list, strained right hamstring), an important absence in the lineup. 'We also know that there's impact there,' Mendoza said. 'And he's going to be aggressive. That's part of what makes him who he is. He's going to go out there, and he's going to hack.' Mauricio, a switch-hitter, started at third base and batted seventh. The Mets won't know the severity of Vientos' injury until after getting his MRI results. On Tuesday night, Vientos flew to New York, where he was scheduled for the test. Without Vientos, expect to see a good amount of Mauricio. Mauricio will play third base and second base along with seeing action at designated hitter. On Tuesday, Mauricio made a nice play on the run while fielding a grounder and later executed a rundown. After missing all of last season because of knee surgery and its complications, Mauricio endured a deliberate rehab process. He only just started playing full back-to-back games in Triple A last week. He is good to go, with no limitations on his baserunning, another key part of his game, club officials say, but they'll put him on a similar schedule early on to what he experienced with Triple-A Syracuse. 'He's going to get a lot of opportunities here,' Mendoza said, 'but we'll continue to watch him closely.' With Mauricio on the roster, it's hard to see playing time for Luisangel Acuña, who had already been relegated to a bench role as of a couple weeks ago, appearing mostly as a defensive replacement. In May, Brett Baty and Jeff McNeil hit consistently while Acuña did not. Baty and McNeil should continue to draw starts at third base and second base. More than four hours before Tuesday's game, Acuña showed up on the field as the first member of the Mets to take early batting practice. Mendoza floated center field as more of a possible option for Acuña, but was noncommittal about the idea. Advertisement Essentially, the Mets swapped Vientos for Mauricio on their depth chart, though Mauricio offers more positional flexibility on the field and in the lineup. 'Yeah, you lose a player, a good player, in Mark Vientos, but you're getting another one who is very talented as well,' Mendoza said. 'We'll continue to work that puzzle.' Mauricio is the big new piece. 'I'm feeling great,' Mauricio said. 'I'm feeling like I'm the same person I was before my surgery.' Mauricio also said he was the same hitter, though, he added, 'I think the biggest difference is that I now have more experience, just more knowledge of the game so I think all of that helps me.' There'll be some growing pains because of his penchant for chasing, but his upside is real. In Mendoza's conversation with Mauricio ahead of Tuesday's game, the manager tried to stress to the 24-year-old not to try to make up for lost time too quickly. Just be yourself and don't try to do anything extra, Mendoza said he told Mauricio. After all, the Mets believe in Mauricio's impressive tools enough to accept his flaws for what they are, at least for now, while giving him time to improve on them. 'I know there's high expectations,' Mendoza said. 'We don't want him to be the savior.'
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Chisholm hits tiebreaking homer in return from injured list to lead Yankees past Guardians 3-2
NEW YORK — Jazz Chisholm Jr. hit a tiebreaking home run in his return from a month on the injured list, Carlos Rodón won his seventh straight decision and the New York Yankees beat the Cleveland Guardians 3-2 on Tuesday night for their 11th win in 14 games. Back from a strained right oblique that caused him to miss 28 games, Chisholm pulled a fastball into the first row of the right-center seats against Tanner Bibee (4-6) for a 2-1 lead in the seventh inning. Six pitches later, Anthony Volpe drove a sweeper into the left-field stands, giving the Yankees back-to-back homers for the fifth time.
