Syndergaard better, but Mets fall to Padres

Noah Syndergaard strikes out Derek Norris and Rene Rivera nabs Alexei Ramirez to complete a strike-'em-out, throw-'em-out double playAllowing merely one hit in five innings, Pomeranz skated around leadoff walks in the first and third innings, and escaped a two-on, two-out jam in the fourth. He needed 98 pitches to do so, but the Padres' bullpen took it from there with four additional scoreless innings.

The Padres did not do a terrible amount more against Syndergaard, plating runs on a Matt Kemp sacrifice fly in the first inning and a Jon Jay RBI single in the fifth. It was all they needed. The Padres also swiped two bases in three tries off Syndergaard, one of them directly leading to Jay's…