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Noah Syndergaard improved to 4-4 with a 3.11 ERA in 11 starts to begin his career in 2015 on Friday night, striking out a career-high 13 batters in eight dominant innings against the Diamondbacks.

Here are some notes on Syndergaard:

• His eight innings pitched on Friday matched a career-high from earlier this season when he pitched eight innings on June 26 against Cincinnati.
• The 13 strikeouts by a Mets pitcher are the most since Jacob deGrom struck out 13 Marlins on September 15, 2014.
• Friday marked Syndergaard’s third double-digit strikeout game of the season. The three double-digit strikeout games in his first 11 career games ties him with Nolan Ryan (1968) and Matt Harvey (2012-13) for second-most by a Met pitcher in team history through his first 11 games.
• Syndergaard became the 16th player in the last 100 years to have three double-digit strikeout games in his first 11 career games.
• Syndergaard’s 13 strikeouts in a single game are the most for any pitcher in his first 11 career games since Stephen Strasburg struck out 14 batters in his big league debut on June 8, 2010 against the Pirates.
• Syndergaard now has 72 strikeouts in his first 11 games, That is fourth-highest in team history through 11 games behind Dwight Gooden (87), Nolan Ryan (81) and Matt Harvey (80).
• The 72 strikeouts through his first 11 games are tied for the 17th-most strikeouts by any pitcher in the last 100 years.
• Syndergaard is the first Mets pitcher to strike out 13 batters in one of his first 11 career games since Dwight Gooden struck out 14 batters on May 25, 1984 against the Dodgers.
• He is the fourth overall Met pitcher to have at least 12 strikeouts in one of his first 11 career games.