The Mets’ only runner reached on a throwing error by third baseman Yunel Escobar on Kevin Plawecki’s leadoff grounder in the sixth. The Dodgers hold a one-game lead with two to play; the Mets hold the tiebreaker.
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“These things are special”, Scherzer said. “To do it twice in one season, my gosh, it doesn’t seem possible”.
Scherzer struck out nine straight batters before Curtis Granderson hit an easy popup to Escobar to end it on his 109th pitch.
“To throw a no-hitter sometimes it takes a little luck”.
“He came up here obviously with the big tag of the big arm and probably not as much credit for his knowledge of how to pitch”.
Back in June, Max Scherzer threw his first no-hitter of the season against the Pirates, an effort that saw him record 10 strikeouts.
No pitcher since Nolan Ryan in 1973 had thrown two no-no’s in the same season, but Scherzer was a human tidal wave in the ninth.
“We’ve talked for about the last – probably his last four or five starts – how fast he’s matured and you don’t see that very often”, Terry Collins told reporters after Syndergaard struck out nine in the series finale of the Mets’ three-game sweep of the Nats.
The start in the Mets’ home left the 29-year-old left-hander (6-1) in ten career starts in Flushing, Queens, over which Gonzalez had a 1.68 ERA, 24 walks (3.36 BB/9), 66 Ks (9.23 K/9) and a.164/.247/.236 line against in 64 ⅓ IP. New York rookie LHP Steven Matz, who is nursing a balky back, is slated to pitch out of the bullpen either Saturday or Sunday.2. The others were the 2010 Tampa Bay Rays and 1917 Chicago White Sox, who won the World Series. Still, the Mets no longer control their own destiny in regards to home field, and need to hope for a Dodger loss either today or tomorrow.
The 2014 National League Manager of the Year braced himself for questions and cameras, unable to mask the wrinkles and exhausted eyes this season’s tribulations left there.
“I think there were a few hiccups along the way”, Williams said. “I feel like I learned a lot this season, and now it’s time to transfer what I learned during the season in the playoffs”, Syndergaard said. “We’re playing Friday, and I don’t care where it’s at”.
The Nationals (81-78) have dropped seven of its last 10 games a stretch in which MVP favorite Bryce Harper has gone just 4 for 30.
Offense was in short supply in this game, as both teams were scoreless through six innings. The previous mark was 31 set by Texas and Seattle in 1997, STATS said.
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Harper’s 42nd homer was a two-run, two-out shot off Addison Reed (3-3).
