“You start to have that confidence that he’s going to get you into a game,” Miami Manager Don Mattingly said. “Hopefully this continues. He’s throwing the ball good. He has good stuff.”
The Mets, who rank last in the majors in slugging, managed just six hits and totaled 19 in 30 innings in the series. They didn’t get a runner to second against Poteet.
“It felt like they were never really in that game,” Marlins third baseman Brian Anderson said.
Mets Manager Luis Rojas credited Poteet.
“The kid threw the ball really well from the beginning,” Rojas said. “He was mixing his entire repertoire and pitched backward when he needed to.”
Miami’s Jesus Aguilar, who began the day second in the N.L. in R.B.I., singled home a run to end a 1-for-28 skid. Jazz Chisholm singled for the Marlins’ other run-scoring hit.
Jordan Yamamoto (1-1) lasted four innings in his first start of the year and his first against his former team. He allowed five runs, four earned, and six hits.
He said his right shoulder began to bother him in the third inning.
“No excuse — I messed up,” Yamamoto said. “I let the team down. I’ve got to be better.”
The Marlins’ second-inning outburst included Poteet’s swinging bunt single, a hit batsman, a walk and a throwing error by shortstop Francisco Lindor, which led to an unearned run. Rojas placed blame for the error on Yamamoto, who failed to catch the throw covering first trying to complete a double play.