Urias, 19, scuffles in his MLB debut
The 19-year-old lefty became the first teenage starting pitcher in the majors since the Mariners' Felix Hernandez in 2005.
Urias struggled with his control and the strike zone of plate umpire Dan Bellino, falling behind 3-0 in the first inning against the Mets. He left after throwing 81 pitches to 17 batters, and he allowed five hits and four walks while striking out three.
“I'm not going to lie. When I went out there, I started thinking of everything I had to go through to get here,” Urias said, speaking through a translator.
“I will never forget everything that happened in this game because this is the happiest day of my life.”
Urias started 13 of 17 batters with balls, including his opening five and nine of his first 10. But he quickly realized big-league batters were much better than their Triple-A counterparts.
“They're looking for specific pitches, and sometimes I tried to fool them and I wasn't able to,” he said.
Wearing striking white glasses and making theatrical jumps over the third-base line, his debut drew comparisons to the early Dodgers days of fellow Mexican pitcher Fernando Valenzuela.
Urias became the first teenager to play for the Dodgers since Valenzuela and the youngest starting pitcher since Dick Calmus in 1963.
Chase Utley hit a tying three-run double off Jeurys Familia with two outs in a four-run ninth inning. Utley was booed all night in his return to Citi Field for the first time since his hard slide in the playoffs last fall broke the leg of former Met Ruben Tejada.