LOS ANGELES – Oh, sure. Bartolo Colon hits a home run and now every pitcher thinks he can do it.
Nicknamed for the Norse god of thunder – Thor – lightning struck twice for Noah Syndergaard. He hit two home runs at Dodger Stadium on Wednesday night, providing all of his own offense in a 4-3 victory as the New York Mets beat the Dodgers.
Syndergaard became the first pitcher with a multi-homer game since Micah Owings did it for the Arizona Diamondbacks at Turner Field in Atlanta on Aug. 18, 2007.
“That this is a dream.