Jacob deGrom started for the Mets last night against the Pittsburgh Pirates, and the result would not shock anyone.

The right-hander struck out two of the first four batters he faced in the first inning to establish his dominance on the mound that would last for the majority of the contest.

In the second, he retired the side in order and then followed up in the third with a clean inning that resulted in only one hit by Adam Frazier.

However, he would run into trouble in the fourth inning as Gregory Polanco would lead off with a double to right field and Colin Moran would groundout, which advance the former to third base.

Jose Osuna would provide the 30-year old with a gift, though, as with Polanco running on contact, Osuna hit a ball right back to deGrom, which he turned and fired to home to record the out. Jordan Luplow would fly out to end the threat entirely.

DeGrom would go back to dominating in the fifth as he would retire the side. The team’s offense, though, was giving him nothing to work with as a double in the top of that inning by himself would be one of only five hits in the game at the time.

That would continue for the remainder of the game too as deGrom would record the final hit of the game in the seventh with a single.

Let’s get back to the pitching performance, though. After striking out the first two batters he faced, deGrom allowed a single to Polanco, in which he stole second base in the next at-bat. Moran followed that up with an RBI single to put the Pirates up 1-0.

Things would only get worse in the seventh as Luplow would lead off with a single and advance to second on a Francisco Cervelli sacrifice bunt. Jordy Mercer would then hit a single to left field that would not initially score Luplow. However, the latter would score on an RBI groundout by David Freese in the next at-bat, which Mercer would advance to second on. Mercer would then score the Pirates third run of the night on a Frazier double to put the Pirates up 3-0.

After escaping the inning, deGrom was removed from the game in which he threw 94 pitches over seven innings of work while allowing three runs, eight hits, and no walks. He struck out five batters in the process as well.

Last night’s loss marked deGrom’s sixth of the season, which means he now has a losing record (5-6) on the season. Mickey Callaway said that is not an accurate measurement in the slightest for what deGrom has done this season, but admits that win-loss are important and it could cost him in the Cy Young voting this year.

“Obviously [pitcher wins] aren’t indicative of what we’ve seen from Jacob and his performance this year. I definitely don’t worry about it, because I really feel very strongly about win-loss records [that they don’t mean all that much]. I don’t think everybody shares my opinion on that. It definitely could cost him something.”

However, deGrom would not make any excuses for himself and admitted that the Pirates offense simply was able to figure out a way to manufacture offense against him.

“They beat me there. I made a couple of good pitches and they were able to battle me and find some holes. I was frustrated with that.”

Despite this “not so spectacular outing,” the right-hander still has an MLB leading 1.82 ERA to go along with a 0.98 WHIP and 164 strikeouts in 21 starts (138 1/3 innings).