“Got the first one out the way,” 23-year-old lefty DJ Herz told reporters, after four innings of work against New York’s Mets in his MLB debut, “and move on to the next and keep going.”
Herz gave up seven hits, two walks, and four earned runs, with two runs scoring on a home run in the fourth, and the other two crossing the plate after he left the game, with two men on and no one out in the fifth.
“It was amazing,” Herz said of his first start in the majors. “The adrenaline was pumping, and everybody was very welcoming.