Noah Syndergaard starts are a thing to behold these days. Some people, I think, still believe he is the Syndergaard of old, melting the outside corners with 99+ heat, but he isn’t that pitcher anymore. His starts are nailbiters, once where you watch much of it while performing whatever nervous fidgeting you do in your own home.
Luckily, the Nationals were starting Patrick Corbin.
The first two innings for both pitchers were somewhat unremarkable. The Nationals scratched out a few hits in the second inning, but Syndergaard shut that down pretty easily. The Phillies looked like they had a personal bet amongst themselves to not let Corbin throw 70 pitches in his entire start, swinging early and often.