The night didn’t start out well for Jacob deGrom. The New York Mets ace didn’t strike anybody out and struggled with his command. He gutted through it for one inning, but it came back to bite him in the second.
He allowed three runs, with little help from his defense, but again only struck out one and had little command. It was clear that, although still great, this wasn’t the usual deGrom. That was the last he was seen on Wednesday night.
By the third inning, deGrom had relinquished the mound to Michael Wacha.