The Mets lost in lackluster fashion the Padres on Monday, dropping Game 2 of their series 7-2 in San Diego. Here are my takeaways from Tuesday night’s loss…
#Thorsday was not Thor’s best day.
For the first time in his extremely brief major league career, we really saw Noah Syndergaard struggle for the first time. After Andrew Cashner became the first starter in major league history to have 10+ K, allowing 10+ hits and not complete five innings, Syndergaard did the exact same thing on Tuesday night. How is that even possible?
You can site tough luck, as Noah did after the loss, and while the Padres first run scoring hit went off of Syndergaard’s glove and deflected away from Daniel Murphy, the rookie starter simply didn’t have it Tuesday night.
Syndergaard allowed seven earned runs on 10 hits, while walking none and striking out 10–a new career high–in four innings. In the loss, Syndergaard’s ERA rose from 1.82 to 3.77.
The offense wasn’t able to play catch-up.
The Mets got off to another quick start on Tueaday night, going up 1-0 in the 1st on an RBI single by Michael Cuddyer. Unfortunately for this team, they were unable to stay in this game as Syndergaard struggled so much, and this team is not built to come back from a six-run deficit–few teams are.
Lucas Duda and Daniel Murphy combined to go 0-for-6 with two walks a piece in the three and four spots in the lineup while Kevin Plawecki‘s struggles continued as he went 0-for-4 and his season average dropped below the Mendoza line.
One positive…
There are few positives that can come out of a 7-2 loss, but one good sign that did come out of tonight was the play of Cuddyer. The Mets 36-year-old free agent acquisition was involved in both of the runs the team scored tonight, going 3-for-4 with an RBI and a run scored.
Other notes from Tuesday:
Wilmer Flores went 1-for-4 with an RBI single in the loss.
Jack Leathersich pitched 1.1 scoreless innings, allowing two hits and a walk while striking out one. Leathersich has yet to allow a run this season.
The Mets bullpen (Jack Leathersich, Hansel Robles, Carlos Torres and Alex Torres) combined to pitch four shutout innings.
With the loss, the Mets fell 0.5 games back of first place in the NL East behind the Nationals who split their doubleheader on Tuesday.
Just Mets 