Mets Beat Padres 3-2 after another dominating performance from Jacob deGrom

Mets RHP Jacob deGrom (Credits to MetsMerizedOnline.com) The New York Mets beat the San Diego Padres 3-2 tonight at Citi Field for their second consecutive win and improved their record to 31-24. The offense was held scoreless for the first four innings against Padres LHP former Cy Young Award Winner Blake Snell until the bottom of he fifth after CF Kevin Pillar led off with a double and RF Billy McKinney followd with a RBI double. 2B Jose Peraza walked and then Snell committed a balk which moved McKinney and Peraza to second and third. RHP Jacob deGrom came up and broke the open with a two-run single. deGrom was outstanding once again with a 1-2-3 top of the first inning and two strikeouts and another 1-2-3 top of the second inning and a strikeout. He continued his dominance in the top of the third with two more strikeouts and struck out the side in the top of the fourth inning which helped increase his strikeout total to eight. deGrom worked out a one-out single by RF Wil Myers and was helped out by his defense after catcher James McCann threw out Myers trying to steal second on a caught stealing and then retired CF Jurickson Profar to end the inning. deGrom had a easy 1-2-3 top of the top sixth with two more strikeouts and was taken out after the inning with right flexor tightness. His final line was 6 innings, one hits, no walks, no runs and 10 strikeouts. He picked up his sixth win and lowered his ERA to 0.56. RHP Miguel Castro came in next and had a difficult top of the seventh allowing a one-out double to SS Fernando Tatis Jr and then gave up a two-run homer to the following hitter 1B Jake Croneworth. Castro then walked 3B Manny Machado and was taken out. It was reported later than Castro left the game with a stiff neck. RHP Seth Lugo came in and struck out Myers and got Profar to line out to end the inning. LHP Aaron Loup followed in the top of the eighth and gave up a lead-off single to 2B Ha-Seong Kim, but came back to strike out catcher Victor Caratini and got pinch-hitter Jorge Mateo to ground out and was then taken out. RHP Edwin Diaz came on and got LF Tommy Phan to fly out to end the inning. Diaz stayed in for the top of the ninth and got two quick strikeouts of Tatis Jr and Croneworth and after he gave up a two-out single to Machado, Diaz was able to close it out after 1B Eric Hosmer popped out to end the game for his 11th save of the year. The Mets next game is tomorrow afternoon at home against the Padres at 4:10 p.m.