Jerad Eickoff exhausted both his rookie eligibility and the Mets today, striking out ten while scattering four hits and one walk across seven innings, en route to a 3-0 Phillies win and a series sweep of the first place Mets.
Eickhoff? More like Eick-”on”, har har har
Eickhoff allowed a double to Kirk Nieuwenhuis in the second for the first hit of the game but seemed to be in cruise control after that. Kelly Johnson would get a pair of singles off of Eickhoff and Nieuwenhuis would double again in the seventh, but it never felt like the Mets were a threat to score in today’s game.