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Mets ace Jacob deGrom gave up two runs for the first time this season and New York rallied after he exited, beating the Philadelphia Phillies 4-3 Saturday on Michael Conforto's sacrifice fly in the ninth inning.
NEW YORK (AP) By the middle of his outing, Mets ace Jacob deGrom was struggling to find his mechanics that essentially made him a two-pitch pitcher. “Jake is human, right?” New York manager Luis Rojas said.
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The Mets (7-4) look for their third consecutive series win as they travel to Chicago for a three-game set against the Cubs (6-9). The Mets have not visited The Friendly Confines since June 2019, when they split four games with the Cubbies.
The Mets were again victimized by bad weather, as a Friday snowstorm forced them to play their second doubleheader in four days. This time around, they weren’t able to complete the sweep and had to settle for a split. In the first game, Jacob deGrom was again masterful, matching his 14 strikeouts from his start against the Marlins. At one point, he had recorded nine straight strikeouts and was staring down baseball immortality. Sadly, Josh Fuentes hit a ground ball to second, which Jeff McNeil could not handle cleanly. The error opened up a three-run inning, and deGrom was once again staring down a loss while his ERA sat at an unbelievable 0.45. Thankfully, Pete Alonso’s homer in the sixth b