Verlander fanned nine in a 4-3 win over Noah Syndergard and the Mets on Friday night. He allowed two runs in six innings of work.
Verlander was so dialled in that he whiffed six in a seven-batter span heading into the fourth. And he then retired seven of the last eight guys he faced. Friday was just an extension of Verlander's dominant July were he went 4-0 with a 1.69 ERA and 48 strikeouts in 42.2 innings. Those numbers were enough for him to earn AL pitcher of the month honors for July.