The New York Mets were defeated by the San Francisco Giants by a score of 3-0 Wednesday night at Citi Field. The Mets season is over, and the Giants will advance and face the Chicago Cubs in the NLDS.
Pitching:
Unhittable. Incredible. Norse god-like. Phenomenal. All are words that describe Noah Syndergaard‘s outing tonight. Thor tossed 7.0 dominant innings, allowing only 2 hits while walking 3 and striking out 10. He had a no-hitter going until two outs in the 6th when Denard Span knocked a slider to center field to break it up. The only other hit was an inconsequential infield single by Angel Pagan in the 7th.
Addison Reed stepped up in the top of the 8th inning. Conor Gillaspie led off the inning with a seeing-eye base hit to right. MadBum bunted him over to second for the first out, then Denard Span popped up to the second baseman. Brandon Belt walked, then the first pitch to Buster Posey got away from Rene Rivera, moving the runners to second and third with two outs. Terry put up four fingers so they loaded the bases to face Hunter Pence, who Reed blew away on four pitches, striking him out on four pitches to end the inning.
Jeurys Familia came in for the 9th with the score tied and was greeted rudely by Brandon Crawford who doubled to left center. Angel Pagan was up to bunt, but Familia worked the count full and struck him out with a 97-mph four-seamer up in the zone for the first out. He worked the count full to Joe Panik as well, but ended up walking him to put runners on first and second with one out. Then Conor Gillaspie broke our hearts and hit a three run home run to right field off a 97 mph sinker that didn’t sink.
Offense:
I wish I could write more in this section. Asdrubal Cabrera, T.J. Rivera, Rene Rivera, and Ty Kelly had hits. Madison Bumgarner lived up to the hype throwing a 4-hit shutout, striking out 6 and walking two. In 25 career innings in win-or-go-home games, he has yet to give up a run. That is the most all-time by far.
This really sucks. It was a pleasure writing for you all this summer and I look forward to working my way onto your computer screens next season. Let’s Go Mets.
