Outside of Juan Soto’s home run Friday night, the revamped New York Mets didn’t provide many offensive highlights in their opening series against the Houston Astros.
Outfielder Jose Siri certainly left his mark in Texas, though.
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With the Mets trailing 1-0 on Saturday night, Siri walked and subsequently stole second to lead off the sixth inning. The first-year Met moved to third on shortstop Francisco Lindor’s flyout.
Soto grounded out to pitcher Spencer Arrighetti, who checked on Siri before throwing to first. However, Siri sprinted home as soon as Arrighetti turned his attention to Astros first baseman Christian Walker.
Siri slid in before the tag, tying the game and leaving a strong first impact on Mets fans.
“That’s instincts right there,” Mets manager Carlos Mendoza said, according to the team’s official website.
Clearly, Mets fans agreed with their skipper following the club’s second loss in three games.
“Now that’s the kind of baseball I love,” one X (formerly Twitter) user wrote. “Wish more guys could do this.”
“How the hell did he score on this??” another fan wondered.
Siri struck out in his other two at-bats. The Mets acquired Siri, who tallied 43 home runs and a 3.5 bWAR for the Tampa Bay Rays the last two years, for reliever Eric Orze in November.
“I’ve been scoring that exact run in MLB The Show for 20 years but this guy gets millions for it smh,” the popular @KnicksMemes account wrote.
Others, understandably, made Siri-related puns.
“HEY SIRI CAN WE SCORE A RUN,” one user quipped.
Unfortunately for that fan, the Mets didn’t score again. The Astros outscored the Mets 6-5 in the three-game set.
Siri and the Mets look to turn their offense around beginning Monday against the Miami Marlins.
