Friday night in Cincinnati Lucas Duda hit a pair of 3 run
homers and Noah Syndergaard was dominant, the Mets drub the Reds 12-5. The Mets
took a 1-0 lead in the top of the 2nd when Michael Conforto doubled
and then was singled home by Syndergaard. For Thor his 4th RBI and 8th
hit on the year. In the 3rd
Daniel Murphy doubled, Yoenis Cespedes singled and Lucas Duda remained hot clubbing a 3 run
homer, his 23rd on the year to make it 4-0 Mets. In the 7th the Mets expanded the
lead when Ruben Tejada reached on an error by Todd Frazier. Thor sacrificed Tejada to second and he
scored on a RBI double by Curtis Granderson. David Wright reached on an infield
single and Murph followed with an RBI single making it 6-0. Duda then followed
with his 2nd 3 run homer of the night to make it 9-0. Duda now has
24 homers on the year. In the 8th
Conforto singled, Syndergaard got his 2nd hit on the day and
Granderson smoked a long 3 run homer of his own, his 24th on the
year and it was 12-0. The Reds got their only runs off Syndergaard in the
bottom of the 8th on a solo homer by Brennan Boesch his 2nd
homer on the year. When Thor left it was 12-1 with a runner on first, Eric O’Flaherty
and Bobby Parnell allowed 6 straight two out hits and 4 runs to score in the
form of an RBI single by Joey Votto and a 2 run single by Ivan DeJesus and it was 12-4. In the 9th Adam Duvall greeted Tim Stauffer with a solo homer to make it 12-5. For Duvall, his 4th homer on the year. Syndergaard was a force on the mound, going 7 2/3
innings allowing just 5 hits and 2 run (earned) while striking out 11. It was
Thor’s 4 double digit strikeout game of the season and at one point he retired
16 straight Reds. He gets the win improving to 9-7. Anthony DeSclafani takes
the loss falling to 9-12. Duda and the
two long balls and 6 RBI, Granderson had the double, homer and 4 RBI. With the
win the Mets improve to 87-67 on the season and 39-37 on the road. The Mets have now won 22 of their last 27 on
the road. The Phillies beat up on the Nationals Friday night so now the Mets
magic number falls to 1 as the Met lead in the NL east is now 8 ½ games. Saturday afternoon the Mets can clinch the NL
east with a win. Matt Harvey (12-7 2.80) goes for the Mets, John Lamb (1-3
4.60) goes for Cincinnati.
2 comments:
Great for Thor and Duda. One.
Will Tomorrow be the day?
I hope so.
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