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Noah Syndergaard Outdueled By Madison Bumgarner Sunday Afternoon

By Kenneth Teape

May 1, 2016; New York City, NY, USA; New York Mets starting pitcher Noah Syndergaard (34) walks to the dugout against the San Francisco Giants during the fourth inning at Citi Field. Mandatory Credit: Adam Hunger-USA TODAY Sports
May 1, 2016; New York City, NY, USA; New York Mets starting pitcher Noah Syndergaard (34) walks to the dugout against the San Francisco Giants during the fourth inning at Citi Field. Mandatory Credit: Adam Hunger-USA TODAY Sports /
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The New York Mets were unable to sweep the San Francisco Giants, as Noah Syndergaard was outdueled by Madison Bumgarner on a gloomy day at Citi Field.

Noah Syndergaard and the New York Mets were going for the weekend series sweep of the San Francisco Giants at Citi Field Sunday afternoon. The Mets had taken the first two games of the series 13-1 and 6-5, running their winning streak up to eight games. But, if they were to extend that winning streak and pull off the sweep they would have to earn it, as the Giants opposed the Mets flame throwing youngster with an ace of their own in Madison Bumgarner.

Pitch as an ace Bumgarner did, as he threw a strong game against a Mets lineup that has been on fire in recent games. Bumgarner gutted it out on a cold, rainy day in Queens, as he threw six shutout innings, but allowed nine base runners with six hits and three walks. He also added seven strikeouts, as he needed 112 pitches to get through the six innings.

Syndergaard was unable to get through six innings, as the bad weather looked to be affecting him as well. Syndergaard was not throwing as hard as he normally does, as his fastball was sitting between 95-98 miles per hour on the afternoon, and he was struggling a bit with his control.

He walked two players and gave up five hits, resulting in four runs during his 5 2/3 innings of work, striking out six in the process. Most of the damage was done by Hunter Pence, as Syndergaard just couldn’t get him out during the afternoon, and neither could Hansel Robles.

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Pence delivered the first big blow of the afternoon, socking a two-run home run to right field to give the Giants a 3-0 lead after Brandon Belt knocked in Matt Duffy earlier in the fourth inning. Pence would also deliver another later on, delivering a RBI single in the sixth inning, knocking in Duffy for his second run of the game off Robles. Syndergaard was removed from the game after walking Belt prior to Pence’s RBI hit.

The Giants would tack on one more run in each of the seventh and eighth innings, as Angel Pagan had an RBI single off Antonio Bastardo in the seventh and Buster Posey hit his fourth home run of the season off Logan Verrett in the eighth.

David Wright would provide the only scoring on the afternoon for the Mets, delivering an RBI single in the seventh inning off of Derek Law. Every position player that started the game for the Mets other than Michael Conforto reached base at least one time, they were just unable to string anything together to scratch runs across.

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The Mets will look to get back to their winning ways and finish their homestand up on a high note when they host the Atlanta Braves for a three-game series beginning Monday night when Bartolo Colon will be taking the mound.

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