So, in a toss-up game, I’m siding with the Dodgers to get the job done here. “I credit a lot of our success and our pitchers’ success to the coaches”. The first career bomb that came off the bat of the young, flame throwing hurler, which also traveled more than 400 feet, was off Philadelphia Phillies’ pitcher Sean O’Sullivan back on May 27, 2015.
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As Noah Syndergaard rounded the bases for the second time Wednesday night, he wouldn’t have been shocked to have someone shake him awake. “It just seems that every mistake he makes seems to go out of the ballpark”, manager Dave Roberts said. His career best is a seven-game streak. “For him to get on that fastball is pretty special”. Matz will miss a start. It was like nothing just happened there. Asdrubal Cabrera leads NY with 34 hits, Yoenis Cespedes has 31 RBI and Michael Conforto has five home runs.
Mets: RHP Jacob deGrom (3-1) is 0-2 with a 3.66 ERA in 3 regular-season starts against the Dodgers, but was 2-0 with a 1.38 ERA in his two starts against them during last year’s NLDS. He has tossed scoreless relief in 13 of 14 appearances.
Bartolo Colon hit the first homer by a Mets pitcher Saturday against the Padres, and four days later Syndergaard now has more homers this season than any other pitch in baseball. Dodgers starter Alex Wood left the game still searching for his second win of the season. Kevin Plawecki added an RBI single. Justin Turner has two doubles in six at-bats against Syndergaard and Adrian Gonzalez’s only hit in six at-bats was a homer.
The rookie had a “flare up” following his Monday start against the Dodgers in which he allowed two earned runs over six innings. He struck out four without issuing a walk. He gave up five hits in the first four innings and then retired 11 in a row.
Yet, manager Terry Collins knew that the 22-year-old flamethrower was finished after eight innings.
“He is fighting through some mechanical things right now”, Collins said. “Seeing a guy for the first time is tough, especially when he’s that caliber”.
Jeurys Familia allowed one run in the ninth but made the save, his 12th of the season, to tie the league lead.
Mets: LHP Josh Edgin, coming back from Tommy John surgery, was recalled from his rehab assignment and optioned to Triple-A Las Vegas…. Mets INF Neil Walker was out of the lineup for the third consecutive game due to a badly bruised left shin that he sustained Saturday in San Diego. He is expected to return Wednesday.
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The Bronx-born Scully is remembered by Mets fans for announcing the 1986 World Series on national TV, including his call of Game 6 when the Mets rallied to win in the 10th inning.
