Prior to tonight’s game, the Mets were stuck choosing between Ariel Jurado and Franklyn Kilome to start tonight’s game. The team went with the slightly-more experienced but relatively ineffective Jurado over the young but talented Kilome. In the end, it didn’t even matter, as both pitched and neither impressed much in a 9-5 loss to the Orioles.
Jurado was bad from the jump, allowing a three-run home run to Renato Nunez to put New York behind early. The Mets clawed their way back with two in the second on a Pete Alonso sacrifice fly and a Luis Guillorme run-scoring single.