CLEVELAND (AP) — Johnathan Rodriguez singled home David Fry in the seventh inning for his first major league hit, driving in the go-ahead run for the Cleveland Guardians in a 6-3 victory over the New York Mets on Wednesday.

Rodriguez, playing in his second game since being recalled from Triple-A Columbus two days earlier, slapped a grounder through the right side of the infield off Reed Garrett (5-1) to snap a 3-all tie.

“My focus was to try to hit the ball hard, just to try to help the team,” Rodriguez said through an interpreter. “I was ready to get the job done.”

The 24-year-old right fielder also was a hero in the first, picking up a tiny black bird that landed near him. He cradled it in his mitt before delivering it to a bullpen attendant, who safely escorted it out of the ballpark.

“I think it was a baby, so I put it in my glove,” Rodriguez said. “It was a little lost. I didn’t want to see it get hurt.”