Juan Soto hit a home run, Clay Holmes threw three innings, and the Mets notched a win.
The Mets opened their Grapefruit league schedule with a 6-2 win over the Astros. Let’s round up the noteworthy things that happened in the exhibition game.
- Juan Soto hit a home run to left-center in his first spring training at-bat as a Met.
- Pete Alonso was the first Met to use an ABS challenge in a major league spring training game, successfully getting a called third strike overturned before ultimately drawing a walk. The system will not be used in regular season major league games this year.
- Clay Holmes threw three innings, didn’t allow any runs, and struck out three batters without walking anyone. Getting stretched out to be a starting pitcher shouldn’t be a problem given how far ahead of the norm he is in terms of workload already.
- Gary, Keith, and Ron made their first television appearance of their 20th season together, and Keith was in mid-season form.
- Box score: MLB.com