Pittsburgh Pirates' Youngster Continues to Re-Write History Books in Early Going
Pittsburgh Pirates' starting pitcher Jared Jones delivered another gem on Tuesday night as the Pirates lost to the New York Mets. He went 5.0 innings, allowing just one hit, which is where the history comes in.
The Pittsburgh Pirates lost to the New York Mets on Tuesday night by a score of 3-1 at Citi Field. The Pirates held a 1-0 lead into the eighth inning, but ultimately surrendered three runs in the bottom of the eighth.
That was the work of the Pittsburgh bullpen, unfortunately, who were unable to back up the work of rookie starter Jared Jones.
While everyone is waiting to see Paul Skenes in a Pirates uniform, Jones is making his presence known at the outset of 2024. The rookie went 5.0 innings, allowing no runs on one hit. He walked none and struck out seven in lowering his season ERA to 3.13.
According to Sarah Langs of MLB.com, Jones also re-wrote the history books:
start of 5+ IP allowing 1 or 0 baserunners within 1st 4 career outings, since 1901:
Today Jared Jones
9/8/21 Joe Ryan
6/27/21 Max Kranick [5 perfect IP!]
8/30/20 Dane Dunning
7/7/19 Alex Young
4/29/18 Nick Kingham
7/10/10 Travis Wood
4/3/08 Johnny Cueto
10/1/06 Devern Hansack
9/21/86 Jimmy Jones
Jones is 3rd PIT on list with Kranick + Kingham, most of any team
And Jones also did this, per Langs:
Jared Jones has struck out at least 7 batters in each of his first 4
starts
he joins Masahiro Tanaka, Stephen Strasburg and Jose DeLeon as the only pitchers since the mound was moved in 1893 to do so in each of their first 4 career starts (those three did so in first 5 GS)
The Pirates are now 11-7 on the season and will take on the Mets again on Wednesday afternoon. First pitch is set for 1:10 p.m. ET as Bailey Falter (PIT) pitches against Luis Severino (NYM).
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