NEW YORK -- 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. "So, these things are going to happen."
A less-dominant version of deGrom gave up two runs for the first time this season and the Mets rallied after he exited, beating the Philadelphia Phillies 4-3 Saturday on Michael Conforto's sacrifice fly in the ninth inning.
DeGrom's bid to set the Mets record for the longest scoreless-inning streak fell just short.