Kenta Maeda laments his ‘regrettable’ night for Dodgers

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LOS ANGELES — Kenta Maeda knew there would be a learning curve when he came to the United States. He never could have imagined this.

Looking more ill than stunned, Maeda hung his head in the center of the Dodger Stadium infield in the fifth inning Wednesday, surrounded by more than 40,000 amazed fans in the stands and an opposing pitcher that was literally running circles around him for the second time.

Getting outpitched by the New York Mets’ Noah Syndergaard was one thing. Getting tagged by the opposing pitcher for a pair of home runs appeared to be deflating as it gets.

The Los Angeles Dodgers hit two home runs of their own — one by Corey Seager, the other by Yasmani Grandal — but they were no match for the two Syndergaard hit in the Mets’ 4-3 victory.

“They were definitely not good pitches, the ones he hit for home runs,” Maeda said through an interpreter. “It ended up being a regrettable result that contributed to a total of four runs.”

Kenta Maeda’s loss to the Mets on Wednesday was the worst start of his young major league career. Harry How/Getty Images

Perhaps the poorly placed fastball on Syndergaard’s third-inning home run was less-than impressive. But his breaking ball toward the outside part of the plate in the fifth inning to the pitcher nicknamed “Thor” was not the most shameful pitch ever.

It was just Syndergaard’s day, a concept that was hard to deny, especially after his second home run came only after he failed to lay down a bunt with runners on first and second.

“Yeah, he was in disbelief,” Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said. “I don’t know if he felt it was a decent enough pitch then to be hit …

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