Pete Alonso hit a home run to tie the game at 1-1 in the ninth inning, and Tyrone Taylor's single secured the victory for the New York Mets. They had gone 13 innings without a hit before rallying to beat the Detroit Tigers 2-1, earning their first win of the season and splitting the doubleheader.
Harrison Bader's soft single in the eighth marked the first hit for the Mets in the second game. The Mets, with a record of 1-5, managed to win their first game of the season under the management of Carlos Mendoza, preventing a potential 0-6 start for the first time since 1963.
The New York team lost the first game 6-3 after giving up a three-run lead and eventually falling to the Tigers in 11 innings. Colt Keith's double and Gio Urshela's two-run single contributed to the Tigers' victory.
Javier Baez's early RBI single helped the Tigers take the lead in the second game. The Tigers, with a record of 5-1, were the last undefeated team in Major League Baseball.
Mets' Harrison Bader broke up the combined no-hit attempt by Matt Manning and Tyler Holton with a soft single to left-center. This hit ended the longest hitless streak in Mets history. Alex Faedo struck out Francisco Lindor, leaving Bader stranded at second base.
After a strong start, Faedo gave up a home run to Alonso, his former college teammate at Florida. Alonso's homer marked his 500th career RBI and helped the Mets tie the game.
Faedo then walked Brett Baty, who advanced to score on Starling Marte's sacrifice bunt, giving the Mets the lead with Tyrone Taylor's game-winning hit.
Detroit's bullpen had allowed only one run in 25 2/3 innings at the beginning of the season.
Reed Garrett pitched three shutout innings in relief to earn his second major league win. His performance helped the Mets avoid a loss, as Jose Butto had a strong game, allowing only one run and striking out six in six innings.
Matt Manning, brought in as the Tigers' 27th man for the doubleheader, walked four batters, including Brandon Nimmo three times, and struck out three. He didn't give up a hit before being replaced by Tyler Holton, who recorded the next four outs before Bader's hit.
Baez contributed with an RBI single in the second inning for the Tigers, who were aiming to start 6-0 for the first time since 2015.
Shelby Miller pitched two scoreless innings in the first game for the Tigers. They secured three one-run victories against the Chicago White Sox before defeating the Mets in back-to-back extra-inning games.
Michael Tonkin suffered a second consecutive loss for New York in this game.
The Mets took a 3-0 lead with Francisco Alvarez's two-run double in the third inning and Baty's run-scoring single in the fifth.
Andy Ibañez's pinch-hit sacrifice fly in the sixth inning and a wild pitch that allowed Urshela to score in the seventh contributed to the Tigers' comeback. Riley Greene's homer off Adam Ottavino tied the game in the eighth.
Detroit starter Casey Mize, returning from Tommy John surgery and a back operation, gave up three runs in 4 1/3 innings. He was the first overall pick in the 2018 amateur draft and had not played in the majors since April 2022.
Mize expressed his contentment with his return to the game, despite the not-so-great statistics. He felt excitement, pride, and joy to be back competing in the major leagues.
Adrian Houser, who was acquired from Milwaukee in December, had his first game with the Mets and allowed one run in five-plus innings.
