The Mets wasted a chance at first-inning runs, as Freddy Peralta walked both Brandon Nimmo and Francisco Lindor in the opening frame. A series of pop outs left the Mets scoreless as Carlos Carrasco took the mound to start his season.
In what is, perhaps, the most 2023 way to start a season, Carrasco started the year with a pitch clock violation. However, aside from issuing a walk to Jesse Winker, Carrasco got through the inning unscathed.
In the top of the second, Daniel Vogelbach pulled a ball over the first base bag and into the corner.