Remembering Mets History (2015) Jacob deGrom K's Season High 11 Allowing One Hit & Lucas Duda Has a Multi-HR Game
Today they hosted Mike Matheny's first place St. Louis Cardinals. (27-13).
The Mets sent Jacob deGrom (4-4) to the mound against the Cards Jaime Garcia (0-0).
In the top of the 1st inning, deGrom began the afternoon by striking out Kolten Wong. Matt Carpenter then singled to left field. This was to be the only hit deGrom would allow on the day.
It was the first of five times deGrom would have double digit strike out games on the season.
Trivia: Mayberry singled to left field scoring Duda, making it a 1-0 Mets. In 2025 Mayberry would play 59 games with the Mets before getting released on July 30th.
Duda Trivia: For Duda it was his fifth HR of the season. Lucas was coming off his first thirty HR season & he would lead the Mets with 27 HRs on the season. He would have seven multi-HR games on the season.
The Mets sent Jacob deGrom (4-4) to the mound against the Cards Jaime Garcia (0-0).
He would retire the next 23 batters in a row all the way through the 8th inning. No Cardinal got past first base during his eight innings of work.
deGrom then struck out Jhonny Peralta & Matt Adams to end the 1st inning with three K's.
In the 2nd inning, deGrom struck out the first two batters, Randal Grichuk & Jason Heyward. Over the next four innings, he recorded a strike out in each to reach nine K's.
In the top of the 7th, he fanned both Matt Carpenter & Matt Adams to reach a season high 11
strike outs.
strike outs.
deGrom Trivia: deGrom put in one of his best performances of the year this afternoon. He gave up just one hit, the fewest in all of his 30 starts. He would allow as few as two hits while pitching at least seven innings three times on the season. It was the second time he did not issue any walks in a game as well. For deGrom, he did not issue a walk while pitching six innings or more in starts ten times on the season.
As for the Mets scoring, in the bottom of the 4th inning, Lucus Duda drew a one out walk. Then a singles from Michael Cuddyer & Daniel Murphy loaded the bases for John Mayberry Jr.
In the bottom of the 6th, Lucas Duda hit the first of his two HRs on the afternoon, a solo HR off Jamie Garcia, making it a 2-0 lead.
In the bottom of the 8t inning, Curtis Granderson led off with a walk. Juan Lagares grounded out then Wilmer Flores singled to center field.
Lucas Duda greeted new Cardinal pitcher Randy Choate with a three-run HR giving the Mets a 5-
0 lead.
0 lead.
In the 9th, Jeurys Familia came on &retired the first two batters. Kolten Wong then singled to center for just the second St. Louis hit of the day. Familia then struck out Matt Carpenter to close out the 5-0 shut out.