Remembering Mets History (2016) Jacob deGrom Tosses a One Hitter
At this point they were tied in second place in the NL East with the Florida Marlins.
The Mets had lost four of the last six, coming off a rough series losing three of four games to the Nationals. Today the Mets were in Philadelphia for the rubber game of the three-game set, after splitting the first two with the fourth place Phillies (43-50).
The Mets ace Jacob deGrom (6-3) went against Zach Eflin (2-2).
In the bottom of the 1st, after recording the first out on a fly ball Jacob deGrom struck out the next two batters.
deGrom would retire the next 13 Phillies in a row getting into the 8th inning. In the bottom of the 6th, he struck out two Jimmy Paredes & Odubel Herrera to end the inning reaching five strike outs in the game. In the 7th, after recording just three fly ball outs up to that point, deGrom recorded all three outs on fly outs to right & center field.
In the top of the 8th inning, James Loney collected his second hit, as he singled to right field. Asdrubal Cabrera then hit his 16th HR of the year to top off the Mets five runs.
First, Cesar Hernandez grounded out to first base for the first out. Then, pinch hitter Andres Blanco grounded out to second base for the second out. deGrom ended the game striking out Odubel Herrera.
In the top of the 2nd inning, short time Met James Loney hit a ball to the right side of Zach Eflin, he fielded it & threw it away, as Loney reached second base. Next Juan Lagares tripled to right field scoring Loney with the first Mets run.
In the bottom of the 2nd, he notched another strike out in a 1-2-3 inning.
In the top of the 3rd, after the first two Mets were retired, Curtis Granderson hit his 16th HR, a solo shot to right center field giving the Mets a 2-0 lead.
In the bottom of the 3rd, after two-line drive outs to center field, pitcher Zack Eflin singled to center field with a ground ball through the middle. This was to be the only hit deGrom would give up the rest of the way.
In the top of the 5th, deGrom reached on a base hit to center field, then Jose Reyes doubled scoring Jacob for a 3-0 lead. DeGrom collected six hits on the season for a .143 average. In his career he batted .204 (12-43).
In the bottom of the 8th inning, deGrom issued his first & only walk of the game, walking Ryan Howard. He then struck out Cameron Rupp & got Freddy Galvis to hit into a double play to end the inning.
By the 9th inning deGrom still hadn't thrown 100 pitches, so manager Terry Collins let him finish out the game.
deGrom threw his first career complete game, a one-hit shutout, striking out seven & walked just one.
Mets One Hit Trivia: This was the 39th one hit game in franchise history. It was also the last throw by one pitcher rather than a combined effort. In 2013 Matt Harvey & Bobby Parnell had combined for the last one. It would be five more years until Marcus Stroman & Jeurys Familia would combine for the next one hit game.
Jacob got to 6-4 on the year, lowering his ERA to 2.38 among the league's bests. In 2016 he struggled with injuries getting shut down in early September with an ulnar tear, missing the Mets post season drive & NL Wild Card game.
