Mets ace and two-time NL Cy Younger Award winner Jacob deGrom was already off to a begin for the ages earlier than his begin towards the Nationals on Friday night time, when he made extra historical past.
Together with his 15th strikeout to shut the seventh inning, deGrom achieved a private profession excessive on an evening that he additionally turned simply the third pitcher in historical past with 14 or extra strikeouts in three consecutive begins, becoming a member of Pedro Martinez (1999) and Gerrit Cole (2019).
deGrom turned the primary Mets pitcher with 15 strikeouts in a recreation since Al Leiter fanned 15 Cubs on Aug. 1, 1999. The Mets’ all-time single-game strikeout file of 19 is held by each Tom Seaver (1970) and David Cone (1991).
deGrom’s 15th strikeout of the night time was additionally his 50th of the season, giving him the Fashionable Period (since 1900) Main League file for many strikeouts by means of a pitcher’s first 4 appearances of a season.
deGrom dropped his ERA to zero.32 together with his closing out of the eighth.