The New York Mets and Tampa Bay Rays displayed why each team sits in their respective positions in their respective divisions. Tampa Bay used their opener method and heads up baseball to win while the Mets failed to make the most of Jacob deGrom‘s stellar start. The 2-1 loss was the third straight game a Mets starter struck out at least ten batters.
Jacob deGrom now has 3 starts with 12+ K this season, tied for the most in MLB. pic.twitter.com/tr8EIlVdlU
— MLB Stats (@MLBStats) September 22, 2020
deGrom showed no ill-effects from his hamstring spasms that hampered his last start.