The Mets were shut down by Yu Darvish for the second time this season, as he out-dueled Max Scherzer en route to a 4-1 Mets loss to open the second half of the season. The Mets managed just four hits off Darvish over his seven innings of work, two of them from Starling Marte. Darvish struck out nine batters and cruised his way to his ninth victory of the season.
Max Scherzer gave the Mets a very solid effort in his first start at Citi Field since May, striking out eight batters of his own and passing Bob Gibson to move to 15th on the all-time strikeout list.