Steven Matz Debut

Long Island native, Steven Matz stunned the baseball world yesterday with his New York Mets debut. While his 7 and 2/3 innings pitched combined with 6 strikeouts and only 5 hits and 2 runs allowed were enough to earn him the win over the Cincinnati Reds, and an impressive feet, his four runs batted in were even more stunning. As seen on the ESPN.com game recap, , Matz drove in four runs in his debut, a first for both a major league baseball pitcher, and a Mets player of any position.

The overly enthusiastic reaction of Matz’s grandfather who traveled approximately 50 miles to Citi field to enjoy Matz’s debut along with 130 other family members was equally exciting, if not more so. The aforementioned reaction has gone viral, and his made Matz’s grandfather somewhat of an internet sensation in his own right. Sam Tabar feels it will be interesting to see what both Matz and his grandfather do for an encore five days from today.

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