Mets-Crew opener: Mets vs. Brewers 3-1

On a chilly spring evening, the New York Mets took on the Milwaukee Brewers in their home opener at Citi Field. The atmosphere was electric as fans filled the stands, eager to see their beloved team in action once again. The Mets wasted no time getting on the board, with an early run in the first inning courtesy of a clutch hit by Pete Alonso.

The pitching duel between Jacob deGrom and Corbin Burnes kept fans on the edge of their seats throughout the game. DeGrom was dominant, striking out 10 batters over six innings of work. Burnes matched him pitch for pitch, but ultimately gave up a crucial two-run homer to Michael Conforto in the sixth inning.

As McNeil clambered to his feet, he pointed at Hoskins and began yelling at him. The Mets second baseman considered the play unnecessary if not outright dirty. Hoskins tried “to put a spike in someone’s leg,” as McNeil put it. Hoskins disagreed. So did the replay crew, which studied the slide on review and ruled it legal.

“Just a late slide,” McNeil said, citing a history of “some pretty questionable slides” from Hoskins at second base. “We’ve had a little bit of a past, so I knew that there was a chance he’d be coming in like that. I just didn’t like his slide.”

The teams stayed separated and there was no pushing and shoving, though Hoskins rubbed his eyes as if to call McNeil a crybaby, and McNeil cursed at Hoskins from across the diamond.

"A few choice words. But, you know, I've played in this ballpark a bunch, and he just seems to be complaining when things aren't going well and I think that's kind of one of those moments," Hoskins said. "Maybe lost in the heat of the game a little bit. But again, I think it was just playing the game hard and playing the game the right way."

Even before Hoskins hit McNeil's leg, McNeil bobbled the ball as he attempted to transfer it to his throwing hand following third baseman Brett Baty's low throw. So there was no relay to first.

McNeil also expressed surprise that Hoskins, who missed all last season rehabbing from a torn ACL in his left knee, would attempt such a slide in his first regular-season game back from injury. Although Hoskins didn’t immediately rise to his feet following the incident, he said he had no qualms about his health. Instead, Hoskins “was just letting whatever McNeil needed to get out, let him get it out.”

“I’ve played in this ballpark a bunch, and he's just -- he seems to be complaining when things aren’t going well, and I think that's one of those moments,” Hoskins said. “Maybe lost in the heat of the game a little bit. But again, I think it’s just playing the game hard and playing the game the right way.”

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Sarah H

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