Mets rookie right-hander Noah Syndergaard was brilliant in his start against the Diamondbacks on Friday. Syndergaard struck out a career-high 13 batters, while allowing one run on four hits and two walks over eight innings, as the Mets took the 4-2 victory.
Syndergaard (4-4) gave up an early run in the top of the first, and then settled in to stifle the top run-scoring offense in the National League. He threw a career-high 116 pitches in the strong outing.
The electric youngster has allowed a total of three earned runs over his last three starts, and he lowered his ERA to 3.11 on Friday. He struck out the side in order in the sixth inning, and was able to work out of trouble after that first inning.
"He was throwing whatever pitch he wanted in any count," D-backs third baseman Jake Lamb said of Syndergaard, per MLB.com. "That was the tough part. He would be behind in counts and he would throw that slider or that two-seamer, that changeup, and it was tough to get in a rhythm off him. Especially when a guy is throwing that hard. You've got to hit off the fastball. You can't be looking for offspeed."