Jared Jones dominates but Pirates fall 3-1 to Mets
This article originally appeared on pittsburghbaseballnow.com.
Jared Jones had a dominant outing for the Pittsburgh Pirates, but the New York Mets rallied for the second-straight night and pulled out a 3-1 victory at Citi Field on Tuesday.
Jones dazzled through his five innings of work against the Mets. The rookie allowed just one hit, didn’t walk a batter and struck out seven. He threw 59 pitches and a whopping 50 of them went for strikes. The Pirates (11-7) took the 22-year-old out after five frames as they monitor his workload.
With seven more strikeouts against the Mets, Jones became the fourth pitcher since 1893 with seven or more strikeouts through the first four outings of his career. He joined Masahrio Tanaka (2014), Stephen Strasburg (2010) and José DeLeón with the Pirates in 1983.
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