Sean Manaea got another rehab start under his belt as the Mets’ left-hander looks to get ready for his 2025 season debut.
For the second time in his three starts with High-A Brooklyn, Manaea allowed a run in the first inning. His second pitch of the game was an infield single to short before getting a flyout to center. But after a steal put a runner on second, Manaea got the lefty swinging Alejandro Nunez to chase a ball that was closer to the right-handed batter’s box than the strike zone.
Lucas Spence took a 2-1 pitch over the heart of the plate for an RBI single to center before Manaea ended the first with a groundout.
Manaea hit the leadoff man in the top of the second on a 1-2 pitch and allowed him to steal second before walking the next batter on a 3-2 pitch. But with two on, he got a three-pitch strikeout and a pair of grounders.
He got the leadoff man in the third to fly out, but Nunez singled to center and Spence cracked a two-run shot to center on a ball that was right over the plate.
Manaea lasted two more batters, allowing a single to right and a six-pitch walk.
The Cyclone’s bullpen allowed one of the inherited runners to score to close the Mets’ starter’s line: 2.1 innings, four runs, five hits (one home run), two walks, a hit batter, two strikeouts on 56 pitches (36 strikes). He did tally 11 swings and misses.
He struck out four in 2.2 innings of work in his last start on Tuesday after giving up four runs (three earned) in his first rehab appearance with Brooklyn.
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