Jacob Misiorowski

Jacob Misiorowski allowed five hits and five runs and three walks and two strikeouts through just 3 2/3 innings.

It seemed like Misiorowski would just keep getting better and better after his first handful of major league starts. This game was a great reality check for us to temper our expectations of the rookie phenom. The Mets worked a two-out rally that led to all five of their runs where Brett Baty and Ronny Mauricio worked tough walks off Misiorowski and then back-up catcher Hayden Senger hit a chopper off a 102 mph fastball that took a weird hop and turned into an infield single. Brandon Nimmo hit a grand slam in the next at-bat and then Francisco Lindor joined the party to go back-to-back with Nimmo. It was a combination of Misiorowski losing focus a bit along with some bad luck and an inkling of the command issues that plagued him a bit as a prospect. Again, it’s a good reminder that he is a human and not an unhittable pitching machine. He’s scheduled for his toughest test yet with a matchup against the Dodgers scheduled to come next.