Mets Morning News: deGrom is must-see TV, Mets injured pitchers progressing in rehab
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Marcus Stroman had his first rough outing of 2021 in the Mets’ 7-1 loss to the Nationals yesterday. He lasted just four innings and gave up five runs—four of them earned—on eight hits. The poor umpiring and defense certainly did not help his cause, but this was also a case of a contact pitcher not having his best day, which tends to result in, well, contact. The newly recalled Stephen Tarpley was called upon to relieve Stroman and eat innings, but was unable to do that. He gave up two runs without recording an out, putting the game even further out of reach for the once again lifeless Mets offense, who failed to do any damage at all against Joe Ross. Robert Gsellman, Jacob Barnes, and Jeurys Familia then combined for five scoreless innings, but the only run of the game for the Mets came on a solo homer from Michael Conforto.