Mets pitcher Jacob deGrom shined in Tuesday's 6-4 spring win against the Marlins, allowing just one hit in five scoreless innings while striking out six and walking none.
It was the best start of Grapefruit League play for deGrom, who had surrendered three earned runs in six innings in his previous two outings. The only hit he allowed came to the first batter of the game, and he promptly induced a ground-ball to record a double play and clear the bases.
"I'm very pleased," deGrom said after the outing, per MLB.com. "This week I worked on my delivery a little bit. Last time I got a little herky-jerky in the third inning, maybe trying to overthrow. I worked on just staying smooth this week, and I really felt good out there today."
deGrom is coming off a Rookie of the Year campaign in 2014 in which he went 9-6 with a 2.69 ERA and 144:43 K:BB ratio in 140 1/3 innings.