Mets rookie right-hander Noah Syndergaard tossed what was arguably the best start of his young career on Tuesday against the Padres. Syndergaard had a perfect game through six innings, but he gave up a hit to lead off the seventh.
Ultimately, Syndergaard threw eight shutout innings, allowing three hits and no walks. He struck out nine in the 4-0 victory.
Syndergaard (5-5) dropped his ERA down to 2.70 with the strong outing. The only trouble he got into was in the seventh when he had runners on the corners with no outs. But he got Matt Kemp to pop up in the infield and then enduced an inning-ending double play to end the threat.
The hard-throwing youngster has a 1.73 ERA and a 57:14 K:BB ratio over his last eight starts.