Diamondbacks starter Chase Anderson struggled in his outing against the Mets on Friday. Anderson allowed four runs on eight hits over 4 1/3 innings in the 4-2 loss. Anderson walked two and struck out four, as his ERA rose to 3.91.
Anderson (4-3) was given an early 1-0 lead, but he gave it right back in the bottom half. Lucas Duda took Anderson deep for a three-run shot. The very next batter, Michael Cuddyer, launched a solo home run, accounting for all of the runs scored against Anderson on Friday.
"He didn't have real good stuff in the first," D-backs manager Chip Hale said, per MLB.com. "He really didn't have very good stuff the whole game. He battled and was able to just limit them to the four -- which in most games would give us a chance to win, but we just ran into an extremely impressive pitcher in Syndergaard."
The 27-year-old Anderson heads into the All-Star break on a downward trend. He owns a 6.75 ERA over his last five starts.